Got my garden “put to bed” for the Winter - all the old plants cleaned out, soil worked loose & smooth, fabric weed barrier topped by pine needles to keep unwanted stuff from growing ..... weeds DO grow in the winter - found that out the hard way! Last year was the first year I covered the beds & it saved me a huge amount of work in the spring.
At the moment, we are hunkered down as the snow started falling at 8 a.m. A relative to the west already has 4 inches (they are expecting 13-17”). We are on the dividing line between 4-8” & 8-12”. This is a major snow for December in our area. I think the temps are supposed to moderate after the 12th through the 24th so maybe (fingers crossed) we won’t be stuck with this stuff for too long. I am NOT a fan of snow - we don’t need it for ground moisture (ground has been soggy for weeks) & I am the one who has to dig us out (long driveway to the road). Looking forward to Spring already.
Ha Ha. We have a lot of spaces to shovel too, however, we’ve been lucky so far this winter. Precip has mainly been rain. The snow has either hit North or South of us so far.
Got some sun today, so was able to shut off the heaters in the greenhouse. If the electric bill is too much, may have to bring some of the plants indoors. Very cold outdoors-not going to do anything out there today.
I have a couple of beds that I didn’t get to, that will have to be weeded this spring, but most got either winter wheat/rye or garlic.