PREPARING FOR SPRING IN THE FALL

Back of our property looking to the East

Preparing pots for Burial

Because deer love the taste of tulips, I will plant these pots with bulbs and bury them in my raised beds. In the spring I will rake away the mulch and remove the pots when there is about 2 inches of growth above the soil line. The pots will be placed in the greenhouse until buds start to form. Then they will be placed in the house, on the back deck and on the front porch. The colors are shades of purple and lavender.

Gift of Spring Bulbs

...and tulips from Costco

Bulbs planted close Together

Tulips and Muscari

Covered with dirt and Watered

Buried in the ground and covered with Mulch

I planted 4 large pots and 2 smaller ones. The costco bulbs have been potted and buried in another location in the garden.

3 peony roots planted among Barberry and wine colored Daylilies

I have transplanted rose bushes to more appropriate locations and tomorrow I will dig up and separate many of my bearded iris. I transplanted the two large hydrangea from my front porch after frost turned the remaining flowers brown and wilted all the leaves. I have my fingers crossed that they will survive. They were magnificent from June unto the 15th of October. I could not bear to move them from the porch and plant them in the yard, so my reluctance has probably cost me their life. Winter is coming....it was 18 degrees this morning and snow was on the ground. It did not melt in many areas of the yard during the day.

Though the yard is predominately shades of brown, there is hope under the ground and within the roots of the trees and shrubs that soften the edges of our property.

Thank you Linda and John for the bulbs. I anxiously await the arrival of the surprise that lies within each one of them.