I hope you enjoy these photos of the beginning of fall transition around here. There is lots to do. Pruning, cleaning, leaves, bulb planting and then when it gets colder, I can get into the back and start clearing again. This is about the time of year my heart gets a little sad. 🙁
However, like I said, there is still lots to do. Here are some things I focus on over the colder months:
- Laying compost as a top dressing to all trees and shrubs and especially around the base and root zones to protect from cold temperatures.
- Clean rotted or finished annuals and other plants.
- Add mulched leaves from trees to compost pile.
- Prune trees and perennials in late fall.
- Replenish mulch where there has been washout, etc.
- Staking arbor vitae and other evergreens that need a little extra support through heavy snow.
- Burlap around sensitive plants that get winter burn (smaller evergreens)
- Working in the back woodland to slow burn, remove dead trees and get the neighbors’ wood piles full!