THIS IS HOW IT GOES, beginning at the first real thaw: Farewell “life,” hello garden. Thanks to Doodler Andre Jordan for depicting the Headless-Chicken Syndrome that doesn’t end till frost is solidly back in the ground. See you out there?
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FROM THE WEEKLY PODCAST
smarter fall (and spring) cleanup, with doug tallamy
WHEN I TALKED to Doug Tallamy in February around the publication date of his latest book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” I didn’t want to go on and on about the advice in it regarding smart fall cleanup, which is one of the ways I know I’ve dramatically shifted the way I manage my own garden compared to 10 or even five years ago. But we were looking ahead to spring then, not fall.
I’m grateful that Doug returned to the podcast in autumn to do just that. Want to plan your most ecologically minded garden cleanup ever, and understand the consequences of each potential action you can take—including next spring?
The subtitle of University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy’s recent book, “Nature’s Best Hope,” is “A New Approach to Conservation that Starts in Your Yard.” Meaning: The choices we make all year-round, including the very important one of how we clean up, can help counteract an overdeveloped, fragmented landscape that puts the food web to the test. You and I are nature’s best hope, and I’m glad Doug joined me again to help us learn to support it.
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This is maybe a little too accurate…
Agree, Crunchy Urbanite. It hit home here too (OUCH!).
Funny! My neighbor texted me to see if I’m ok because he didn’t think I got my requisite 18 hours of outside time yesterday.
I’ll be in my gardens but you probably won’t see me :-) I have too many beds and just as I finish weeding one, I have to work on another one. Between weeding and moving plants, it is never ending… but it’s what I enjoy.
My husband is constantly telling me he’s going to sew RFID bar codes on my jeans so he can find me in the garden!
Eat. Sleep. Garden.
Ha ha ha … I LOVE this one!
So good to know that I am amongst compulsive gardeners who neglect everything and everyone until September. My poor husband has to fend for himself, but he knows that the garden is like an addiction for me. Is there a garden support group out there ?
My husband says even a chicken knows to come in out of the rain. I do not.
Ok . I sent this to hubby..so me!
We’re still knee deep in snow! (Wail!)
Yes, not knee deep here but definitely not cleanup weather, either!