Good morning gardeners,
Dan and I met on Sunday to further discuss fall garden clean up. Tidying up
after a season of growing benefits our garden community by reducing
opportunities for pests, critters, weeds, and plant diseases.
Here's a to-do list to help guide our efforts. Please let us know if you
are unable to take care of your plot's end of season clean up.
- Take a few minutes to look around your garden and celebrate what you
accomplished this year! Take some notes about what you'd like to grow more
or less of next year, what needs more space, what plants are best for your
garden edges because they don't grow into the path? How did your plot size
work out for you? Would you like to switch to a tilled or untilled plot,
etc...
- Pull stalks and root balls of large plants like corn and sunflowers,
fill in the holes
- Make a loose pile of plant debris in your plot that will allow the
vegetation to dry
- Smooth out mounds and fill in divots and trenches
- Remove all string from the garden and put in trash
- Remove stakes and pile out back
- Spread a little compost
- Plant a cover crop- many available in the shed thanks to High Mowing
Seeds donation
We are discussing the pros and cons of burning or chipping the garden
refuse. Either one would be time and labor intensive and require
significant volunteer effort.
Stay tuned for more information. If it looks like there is going to be a
lovely weekend day in late Oct/early Nov, we may announce a garden
community gathering to finish up the clean up, take apart the water system,
and have lunch.
Thank you! Hilary and Dan
