Yesterday I spent the day cleaning up the beds, getting them ready for the cold weather ahead. Chores for the clean up included pulling up two soaker hoses with garden staples,hand-cultivating the garden, remarking labels, taking out all petunias, cutting back the sweet potato vine, removing yellowed or dead foliage of daylilies, Oriental and Asiatic lilies, and iris. Like I mentioned, I finished planting all the lily and tree lily bulbs the other day, so all the planting is done. I will cut back the peonies and hosta next month. I still need to move a Japanese iris and a day lily. Time is growing short for this, so I will do it as soon as possible. The beds will be ready for bed soon, then another year in the gardens will come to a close. I'm always a bit sad when this happens, but the anticipation of spring always perks me up.
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