Comments on: my november garden chores http://awaytogarden.com/my-november-garden-chores Gardening information and inspiration from Margaret Roach Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:00:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: lynn druskat http://awaytogarden.com/my-november-garden-chores/comment-page-1#comment-13072 lynn druskat Sat, 05 Dec 2009 10:26:51 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=6701#comment-13072 perhaps we should be well hydrated to entire the winter as well? i love your intimacy with the outside world, thanks for sharing, it comes to welcome ears. L perhaps we should be well hydrated to entire the winter as well? i love your intimacy with the outside world, thanks for sharing, it comes to welcome ears. L

]]> By: Fred from Loudonville, NY http://awaytogarden.com/my-november-garden-chores/comment-page-1#comment-12644 Fred from Loudonville, NY Tue, 17 Nov 2009 01:58:28 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=6701#comment-12644 To me, November is the time to see the real bones of the garden. If all the flowers are gone, and all the foliage has died, and is cut back, AND you now just have a fence, or brown tree trunks to look at, then you really don't have a garden that offers SOMETHING 365 days a year. This is the time to go out on your deck, or porch, and look out windows and think about what kinds of evergreen mounds, globes, columns, pyramids, topiaries, trees, etc that will bring your eyes WINTER INTEREST. Start on your left, slowly looking across your property to the right side, and visualize evergreens, ornamental grasses, plants with colored stems, or twisted growth habbits, and berries. The plants can be in beds or boarders, floating out in the lawn, and along paths. Every November, I see a spot where a new evergreen something can be added. The other day, I saw places for an upright yew, and a blue spruce mound. They will appear HOPEFULLY, next spring. Also, fancy iron garden decorations, garden trellises, and arbors, to name a few, give you something to focus on when winter is here. To me, November is the time to see the real bones of the garden. If all the flowers are gone, and all the foliage has died, and is cut back, AND you now just have a fence, or brown tree trunks to look at, then you really don’t have a garden that offers SOMETHING 365 days a year. This is the time to go out on your deck, or porch, and look out windows and think about what kinds of evergreen mounds, globes, columns, pyramids, topiaries, trees, etc that will bring your eyes WINTER INTEREST. Start on your left, slowly looking across your property to the right side, and visualize evergreens, ornamental grasses, plants with colored stems, or twisted growth habbits, and berries. The plants can be in beds or boarders, floating out in the lawn, and along paths. Every November, I see a spot where a new evergreen something can be added. The other day, I saw places for an upright yew, and a blue spruce mound. They will appear HOPEFULLY, next spring. Also, fancy iron garden decorations, garden trellises, and arbors, to name a few, give you something to focus on when winter is here.

]]> By: ConeFlower http://awaytogarden.com/my-november-garden-chores/comment-page-1#comment-12550 ConeFlower Thu, 12 Nov 2009 23:34:15 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=6701#comment-12550 I have planted my garlic, turnips, radished and spinach. All are up and looking very happy now. I see you said that spinach planted now will be for a very early spring picking. When will I be able to get radishes and turnips. Do I dig through the snow for them? I'm in zone 5 also, NE Ohio, not sure whether it's 5a or 5b. Thanks for info. I have planted my garlic, turnips, radished and spinach. All are up and looking very happy now. I see you said that spinach planted now will be for a very early spring picking. When will I be able to get radishes and turnips. Do I dig through the snow for them? I’m in zone 5 also, NE Ohio, not sure whether it’s 5a or 5b.

Thanks for info.

]]> By: Becky http://awaytogarden.com/my-november-garden-chores/comment-page-1#comment-12505 Becky Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:14:14 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=6701#comment-12505 I need to clean out the pots my tomatoes were in. The plants had that awful blight that went around. Is it safe to compost the soil mixture they were in? It was miracle grow potting mix, bought this spring specifically for the tomatoes. I hate to waste anything, but I never want to see that nasty fungus again. I need to clean out the pots my tomatoes were in. The plants had that awful blight that went around. Is it safe to compost the soil mixture they were in? It was miracle grow potting mix, bought this spring specifically for the tomatoes. I hate to waste anything, but I never want to see that nasty fungus again.

]]> By: Margaret http://awaytogarden.com/my-november-garden-chores/comment-page-1#comment-12464 Margaret Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:16:21 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=6701#comment-12464 Welcome, Connie. The house with the GREAT view: Bergquist's. Lucky you. I hope this summer we will meet properly. I am happy to have you in my community here of gardening friends, and in my community proper here each summer. See you soon! Welcome, Connie. The house with the GREAT view: Bergquist’s. Lucky you. I hope this summer we will meet properly. I am happy to have you in my community here of gardening friends, and in my community proper here each summer. See you soon!

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