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Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Falling Leaves

Most of the  leaves have fallen from the trees and Pete and I have spent the last two weeks with the leaf blower and rakes preparing for winter.  We topped off the compost bin with a nice bunch of leaves, sent most to the compost heap and sent some into the woods for the sake of time and energy.  Most importantly, we covered the garden flowers and plants with leaves.  The leaves make a wonderful blanket for the upcoming winter months when the bitter cold, snow and ice can stress or even kill plants....especially newly established ones.  We'll clean those flower beds in the Spring.  For now, we'll let natures blanket keep our flowers and plants safe.

Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Recycling Pumpkins

Now that Halloween is over, we will be putting our Halloween pumpkins into the compost can.  Pumpkins make great compost and that's a great way to recycle.