Putting my Garden to bed for the winter

Category: Thoughts from my Garden | Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 3:27 pm

Not much is going on in my garden at the moment. I am putting my perenials to bed for the winter and hope for the spring. we have already gotten several snows, which didn't stay, but are warning blasts--best get your yard work done--winter is coming!!!!

I bought some tulip bulbs yesterday. they are the first tulips I have planted here, I had lots of them when i lived in Illinios. I buy very little for my garden, relying mostly on plant exchanges and the generousity of other gardeners. But every year I do try to sneak a few new plants in. I didn't tell any of my family that I got them,except for my 12 year old son who acts interested but doesn't really care if it isn't a video game or something that will explode. Anyway, I planted the bulbs around the yard and now am waiting for them to come up in the spring and surprize my mother who will love it.

My Hollyhocks did very well this year. I started them from seeds this spring, never having them before. the ones i planted on the south side of my house in the sun, grew quite tall and some of them bloomed. I didn't think they would bloom in the first year! What a nice surprize.

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