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Well yesterday was a good day at the woodland garden . The weather was nice and good for working. I was able to get some cleanup in the beds done. This will save some time next spring and make the spring clean up go that much quicker. I was planning on going back today and try to finish up all the beds but mother nature has other plans. We are under a winter storm warning until noon Monday. The current forecast is for 6+ inches and that will be our first measurable snow fall for the season.

So I guess I am lucky that i got some of the work done and gave a little head start. Here are a few shots from yesterday.

This bed needs cleaning up.

All cleaned up, cutback and weeded.

This area is a bit neglected.

There that is much better all straighten and cleaned up.

This is just some of the work that got accomplished but it is always great to have a little extra time to get out to the woodland garden. It is sometimes hard to leave but occasionally I need a little prodding here is a picture of my prodder yesterday

Snookie said Time To Go Home!

Well it was a nice day and even Snookie enjoyed some romping around time at the woodland garden

Tomorrow I will head out to the woodland garden and get a head start on some of the work I plan for next spring. The weather is suppose to be real good and so I thought it would be a great time to get started. I want to work on some of the beds and get them cleaned up. There are some limbs and branches that could use a good trimming as well.

It is a couple of days after thanksgiving and although there are 4 months and 3 weeks till the first day of spring it will still be a long winter ahead. If I get some things done now I will be able to look forward to hiting the ground running in spring. With the major construction projects planned for spring I want to be able to get started as soon as possible. If some of the maintenance tasks are out of the way I will be able to get started all that much sooner.

My real wish would be if I had one is a green house so that throughout the winter months I could be propagating plants that I could use next spring.  It is not possible at this time to have a green house but I have always found that if I have a desire for something and set it as a goal some how it works out that I obtain it. So I may just get my wish one of these days.

In the means time I will update you on my progress this week at the woodland garden when I get back!

A Taste Of Early Summer At The Woodland Garden

Just A Teaser Of Summer!

I took a trip out to the woodland garden this past Saturday. It was a rather overcast and cold day. The temperature was in the low 30’s and the weather man was threatening snow showers for latter that night. I had not been to the woodland garden since early October when I blew down the water lines and winterized the trailer. Oh course as expected Mother Nature had decorated the area with a new coat of leaves hiding a lot of beauty of the woodland garden.

Leaves all over the woodland garden!

Of course I expected that as there are a lot of trees but as always the task looks a bit daunting.  It would be okay to leave the ground the way it was and let the leaves compost themselves except that we have changed the area and have seeded lawn into a good portion of the lots and the leaves would quickly smother and kill out the grass that it has been a bit of a struggle to establish.

Aside from the grass there is also the thought that we do not want to provide shelter for too many of the unwanted local creatures like voles and mice. Plenty find there way there with out any extra help.

I also worry about fire stray sparks from a nearby campfire could easily spread through the dry leaves and cause a huge disaster which would not be a pleasant thought. So I set about the task of cleaning them up. After a few hours with the blower and some liquid refreshment I am able to get the eaves up and ready for the vacuum truck to come by and take to the large compost pile.

Looking better after the leaves are cleaned off!

Here is the fruit of the labor that will soon be hauled to the compost pile here at Woodhaven Lakes

All ready to be picked up and sent to the compost pile!

So there is another task completed and will make next spring easier. I am also planning a trip out this coming Friday to do some fine tuning in the beds. Also there are new photos being uploaded to the gallery latter today. Have A Great Week and Happy Thanksgiving to all my United States visitors.