November Chores

[SpyderLady]

November Chores

Work a trowelful of bonemeal into the soil around your rosebush, then hill up more soil around the base.

Prune grapevines.

It’s never too late to apply lime to your lawn, as long as snow doesn’t stop you from pushing the spreader. The minerals in lime retain their value until the grass is ready to grow again.

Give the compost pile a good turning before winter sets in.

shrubs

Give all trees and shrubs plenty of water before the ground freezes.

Check trees around your house for weak branches that should be removed by you now, rather than by snow and ice later.

Use sticks or stakes to mark the locations of perennial flower and herb plants. (It’s all too easy to disrupt them with early spring cultivating.)

[joyce]

To mark my perennials I take any old mini blinds I find thrown away and cut them into pieces about 4 inches long with a point at the end and stick them in the ground. I started out with white ones and they were too visible so whenever I find old green ones that people have thrown away I get them and have replaced most of them.

I have my work cut out for me now taking up and getting rid of all my annuals.

[SpyderLady]

That's an awesome idea with the blinds blades. I got two I need to take down and I will do that. Doesn't matter to me right now if they are white. Must be pretty rare to find green ones.

[joyce]

I have a couple of rooms with the Hunter Green mini blinds. I always can find em at Freds. Another good idea is a water proof marker and you can write what your perennial is on there. I did that on a few but I have soooo many flowers I got tired.