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| A nice drape of snow will look lovely over the barren garden #1 |
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| Garden #2 mulched and tucked away for winter |
With our unseasonably warm autumn weather, I have been able to tuck away the gardens for their winter nap of rejuvenation at a slower pace. The Spanish roja garlic has been planted and mulched, Swiss chard and spinach are growing under cover, and a few broccoli plants with side shoots were left in place.
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| garden sink back splash .. nearly completed |
Our garden sink project is nearly done .. just waiting for some grout around the tiles .. hopefully to be finished in the next day or so.
Compost from the bottom of the bin has been removed to make more room for winter use at the top opening.
Strawberry beds have been thinned and heavily mulched. I hope these June bearing plants do better next year .. in the spring they will get transplanted outside the fenced garden space and draped with deer netting .. they are prolific and take up so much room. The wild strawberries seem to be undisturbed by the deer .. let's hope these will do the same. A patch of ever-bearing berries will be added in the spring.
Now it's off to the library to check out some gardening books for my winter reading, and hit the knitting needles, and soap making supplies, and, and, and ... endless possibilities with the garden under wraps. What will you do with your free time this winter?
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| compost bin emptied a bit ... black gold |
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| straw over the berry plants |
