Mulching, digging, transplanting. There is nary more apt a quote when it comes to gardeners. Last Sunday, I reconciled myself to the inevitable and commenced getting my garden ready for winter. It's not a tedious task with particularly a lot involved. It's more the symbolism of it all that gets me misty.
Any gardener knows that most plants are hardy creatures.
You won't be faced with a plot of mud come spring just because you decided to stay inside and eat potato chips and watch videos. The first thing I did was get everything trimmed down so that I could clean up the garden more efficiently. The main items I pruned were my butterfly bush and roses. The butterfly bush was trimmed to about half a metre. I trimmed the roses to just under a metre high.