Fall Tasks

Fall is my favorite time for digging new garden beds. I dig the bed up and cover it with a good layer of Winterwood Compost. This is allowed to sit over the winter with the earthworms working on processing those compost into useful organic matter for next year's garden.

Clean out all diseased plants. Getting them out of your garden will help avoid spreading the disease to other plants or having it restart in the spring. Don't put diseased plant material in your compost pile!
One of my favorite fall tasks is to add spring bulbs to my gardens. If you thought to make notes, check your spring journal to see where and what you wish to add. Alternatively, find some new varieties that you haven't used before. Special note: If you have squirrels that like to move your bulbs elsewhere, place a layer of chicken grit under the bulbs before planting them, and cover the bulbs with a sheet of hardware cloth (1/4" mesh) to make your bulb planting area unattractive to these critters.