What does your garden look like ... Today?

[Beth_B]

Yep, winter is here! We got close to a foot of snow yesterday.

I think my asparagus is done for the year:

 

[zigs]

Blimey

 

[Beth_B]

LOL. When that melts I'm cutting back the fronds and mulching over the bed.
You can just see the red berries peeking out...I'm going to put the fronds in my side yard for the birds.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

We had a winter storm yesterday, so we have snow cover for the second time this year.

 

[Becky]

Brrr, makes me feel cold just looking at that! We had a storm here last night, but it's still really mild - not even had frost recently.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

right now, due to all the rain, the leaves are so soaked , cannot remove them all yet. still raking out the lawn areas, when they finally dry. so yes will be raking in January. February.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

right now, due to all the rain, the leaves are so soaked , cannot remove them all yet. still raking out the lawn areas, when they finally dry. so yes will be raking in January. February.

Raking was one of my least favorite things to do. I stopped raking once I realized it was easier to chop them up with the lawnmower, and the leaves in my garden stay put, of course.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

Raking was one of my least favorite things to do. I stopped raking once I realized it was easier to chop them up with the lawnmower, and the leaves in my garden stay put, of course.

Too many leaves for the lawn to handle , they need to be removed. I usually leave the leaves on the gardens for later anyway till about February etc. don't mind raking in the cold.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Too many leaves for the lawn to handle , they need to be removed.

Surely it can't be more than what I have! Leaves a foot high will shred to almost nothing if you go over them a few times. I mow them into a big pile and then mow them down to nothing. Extremely efficient with a riding lawnmower, but not too bad with a push mower either, if done a couple times during the season.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

@JBtheExplorer , walking through the fallen leaves they are half the calf high. We use a ridding mower to chop them up, then take them to a pile down in the woods. the pile is 12 x12 , and there are two piles, one for this year and one from last year. As it takes two years to break down. When we have piled all we can humanly pile up, dragging tarps etc. they are at waist high. We found the grass does not grow with all the shreds of leaves left on the ground. We have leaves.

 

[zigs]

@JBtheExplorer , walking through the fallen leaves they are half the calf high.

You have a Calf? Willow loves those



Ours are starting to go down now, poured the yeast dregs from the bottom of the wine barrel on them

 

[Esther Knapicius]

how did you guess @zigs

 

[zigs]

how did you guess @zigs

Was worried about the calf being half high in it

 

[JBtheExplorer]

@JBtheExplorer , walking through the fallen leaves they are half the calf high. We use a ridding mower to chop them up, then take them to a pile down in the woods. the pile is 12 x12 , and there are two piles, one for this year and one from last year. As it takes two years to break down. When we have piled all we can humanly pile up, dragging tarps etc. they are at waist high. We found the grass does not grow with all the shreds of leaves left on the ground. We have leaves.

So weird! I've never had any problems with it. My leaf remains are so small they fall in between the grass blades and break down usually before the first snowfall. Well, you gotta do what works for you!

 

[Esther Knapicius]

@JBtheExplorer , out neighbor did your method for years. and in the summer he'd come over and say, how come your lawn is so nice. we'd say cause we remove the leaves. He then started, so now his lawn is nice. Perhaps our trees are different.