Outside Gardens Maintenance

If time allows:

1. Rake around gardens and place the debris from trees in dumpster or over in area where we throw the rock (outside fence beyond compost bins) East.
2. Haul dirt from accross the road (playground side) behind the barn on pavement.
3. Clean and rake outside gardens.
4. Prune Butterfly bushes to 1 ft. above the ground.
5. Prune the fall blooming Clematis behind out-house to about 3 ft. to encourage new growth.
6. Fill in holes under plants with soil (Holes made by our resident ground hogs)
7. Remove dead and weak wood from ivy along walk.
8. Add compost to all outside gardens. Use middle bin of compost.
9. Fertilize evergreen trees and add compost.

Seeds to Plant

1. Globe Thistle
2. Globe Amaranth
3. Strawflowers
4. Annual Statice
5. German Statice
6. Opal Basil
7. Bay Tree 9. Impatients
8. Violas or Pansies
9. Hostas-from whatever we can beg, borrow, or steal.
10. Saffron Crocus – to be planted in August.