Preparing the Garden for Winter

Sunday, April 5, 2020

At the end of the growing season, there's work to be done to prepare the garden for its best next season! This includes:

Harvesting the onions.

Removing the deer netting.

Clearing out the weeds, dead perennials, etc. Trimming the dead growth of the asparagus ferns.

Laying compost on the asparagus beds, and organic matter or autumn leaves everywhere else.

Putting down some quick decomposing weedblock, like cardboard.
Planting the hardneck garlic in the non-critter-protected beds (no one eats garlic/onions).

Planting the fall bulbs. Alliums. Checkered lillies. More alliums. Bearded irises were planted in August.

Moving the chives (rearranging for spring) and transplanting the fall veggies.