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Checklist for Easy Fall Garden Clean Up

November 2, 2011 by Jeanne

I just wrote this article today on Fall Garden Clean Up, providing readers with a checklist of 10 points to cover when they’re cleaning up around the garden and preparing the garden for the winter. I’ll a little behind this year on my own gardening tasks – we’re still weeding, pruning and mulching the fruit orchard trees and planting our annual 300+ daffodils out there. I’ve started pulling up dead vegetable and annual flowers, and trimming back some of the perennials, but I have a feeling I’m going to be out there working until it snows! The early frost sure took a toll on the garden and got me all off-kilter.

Fall Garden Clean Up

I use my own checklist for fall garden cleanup.

However, I will use my own checklist to make sure I cover the important stuff.

Read the article here:  Fall Garden Clean Up Checklist

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