It’s the end of the season for us Zone 4B growers. My faithful standby’s Lisa and Zina, who helped me plant this Spring, joined me for a day of garden cleanup. My dad also came out to help with landscaping around the house.
We pulled up all the plastic mulch and drip irrigation from the vegetable plot. Then we re-mulched the blueberries with fresh fallen pine needles, a great natural acidifier.
We also fenced the blueberries because they are easy targets for rabbits and deer during the lean winter months.
I didn’t end up liking the variety of strawberries we planted (Sparkle and Ft Laramie). So we pulled all the strawberry beds and I will re-plant my newly discovered favorite Jewel next year.
The other major project was weeding and re-mulching the apple orchard. Becca and, to a lesser extent, Ivar and Elsie helped with weeding and shoveling piles of wood chips around the base of each tree.
Everybody worked hard. But the pay was good. Everyone got to take home a free pumpkin.
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Great work, people! What is planned for next year? Anything new?
Not that you need anything new! You’re already doing so much!
*Lots* to think about for next year. Some things I’d do different, some I’d keep the same. Some good winter hibernation ought to help think things through!