It’s hard to believe, but today is February 15th and I worked in my garden! In Chicagoland! In 60-degree weather! Every so often we are blessed with a winter day that isn’t frigid and ca-ching, I’m out there.
This really works out since I’m the one who doesn’t do much garden clean-up in October. I like to leave something out there for the snow to land on because flat is boring. The pollinators appreciate it too, with seed-heads remaining and a place for beneficial insects to overwinter.
Fortunately, I had nice new gardening gloves, complements of the Wheaton Garden Club. I spoke for them Thursday about Winter Interest, and the gloves were in my goodie bag. Maybe Ronnie knew what was coming. As you can see, they don’t look so new anymore.
We are very deliberate in what we cut this early. Mostly just grasses and annuals. Certainly nothing that could be damaged by freshly cut stems that freeze, like roses. Ands nothing that disturbs new growth, like autumn joy sedum that had tiny sprouts.
Brown is a color, and I accept it for winter. Not today, I am already thinking spring. The sweet autumn clematis came down.
Mike got in the act too. Notice – He isn’t even wearing long sleeves. Woohoo! Yes, it was time for the kale to go. It holds out pretty well through at least December. But it was very done today.
I have to admit I have had enough gardening by October anyway. But today, today! The sun was shining and there was no keeping me inside.
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