Hello Friends of Sydney’s Green Garden
Hopefully you spent time outdoors this past weekend soaking up the autumn sun and walking through fallen leaves. Speaking of leaves, rather than raking up your fallen leaves for disposal, use them in your garden! Fallen leaves make wonderful mulch. However, if you do mulch, keep it away from trees and shrubs until we’ve had a few hard frosts and the ground is starting to freeze – if you mulch too early, mice and other rodents make nice little homes in your mulching material – they will eat the bark from your trees and shrubs and potentially kill your beloved plants. Gather your leaves and pine needles and keep them handy until mid-November – by this time the ground should start to freeze.
Also, if you have not already done so, prepare your garden containers for winter storage. As long as your plants were disease and insect free this past growing season, you can save your soil for next year.
Enjoy a walk around your neighborhood to see how others use leaves and other plant materials they’ve salvaged from this past growing season. It’s always so much fun to see the creativity of others.
Have a great week, and Happy Halloween!!
From Your Friends at Sydney’s Green Garden