we finally had that hard frost! anne, nancy and i (under ninja sam's supervision) spent the time removing the dead plants around the garden. then we got to work-sipping hot chai tea and nibbling on freshly baked pumpkin-chocolate bundt cake. honestly, you really should join us sometime!
as we sipped and nibbled, we formulated plans. some for the day, some for next spring. we are excited about the coming spring. okay, we need to have winter first...nancy set off for the perennial garden to plant bulbs-we were given a bunch that were leftover from the bulb sale. you may recall that we did that last year too and the gazebo was beautiful this past spring. well, next year the arbor will have its turn. nancy planted peonies, narcissus and crocus by the arbor. in one of the vacant beds nearby, she planted asiatic lilies and then anne relocated some iris one of the beds too. it will be very colorful out there next year!
remember last year's plea for leaves? we are asking for them again. as a matter of fact, i put a blurb into the upcoming newsletter. somebody beat me to it though! we counted out 66 bags today! most of them went into the leaf pile. others were used around the main garden and the perennial garden. so if you have them, we want them. please bring us leaves, AND ONLY LEAVES!!! NO YARD DEBRIS OR TRASH (you'd be surprised by what we found in some of those bags-silly gardeners...) keep them out of the land fill and let us put them to good use. we would prefer them in compostable paper bags but if you can only do plastic, okay. consider working with us next spring, we have big changes planned and we need volunteers!
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