The little garden gets choked with weeds over the winter. It seems like I have to create it all over again each year. Dig up the same things over and over. I am sure it is possible to keep the garden "clean" over the winter but not sure how. Maybe it's that newspaper thing that Sixty-five talked about a few years ago.
So out with the pitch fork. Hard work in my opinion. Out with the dandelions, grass and clover.
I cleared only a small section. Next time another small section. There are some plants that are perennials like the lupine you see on the left so I will have to hand pull the dandelions here. The trouble with that is I am likely to pull off the leaves, leaving the roots. Meanwhile, I need to think of some things to plant. Though not yet. SNOW is predicted for today and tomorrow, mostly in the very north. BRRR.
The little garden gets choked with weeds over the winter. It seems like I have to create it all over again each year. Dig up the same things over and over. I am sure it is possible to keep the garden "clean" over the winter but not sure how. Maybe it's that newspaper thing that Sixty-five talked about a few years ago.
So out with the pitch fork. Hard work in my opinion. Out with the dandelions, grass and clover.
I cleared only a small section. Next time another small section. There are some plants that are perennials like the lupine you see on the left so I will have to hand pull the dandelions here. The trouble with that is I am likely to pull off the leaves, leaving the roots. Meanwhile, I need to think of some things to plant. Though not yet. SNOW is predicted for today and tomorrow, mostly in the very north. BRRR.
