Clean up my garden

The only thing left is mowing the lawn and spreading fall fertilizer, but I’m hoping my husband will do that. Otherwise, I’m basically done with my fall garden clean-up.

I took down the corn and bundled the stalks. I took down the tomatoes, and put the fruit in the kitchen, the plants into yard waste, and the stakes by the side of the house. I put the winter squash by the front door, and the summer squash in the fridge, and the plants into yard waste. The basil is in the kitchen. A few potatoes came up, were washed, and they’re in the fridge – the rest remain in the ground for harvest during the winter.

And then there were the carrots. I’ve been pulling carrots from time to time from the garden, but most of them have been in the ground. I’ve had a vague notion that there were a lot of carrots out there. Well, I pulled up every carrot today, and OMG, there were a lot of carrots.

I also raked some maple leaves.

Ready now for phase 2 of today: spreading the compost, and if I have time, planting the crocuses.

It took me all day Sunday to divide the irises and then take out some things that were brown, and do weeding. I bought mulch to go down on the flower bed, but didn’t have time to spread it.

You’d think with all the bicycling I do I wouldn’t be sore afterwards, but I was.

Tasks:
Divide the irises (already too late?)
Plant the crocuses
Take down the corn stalks for the sukkah
Dig up the potatoes
Take down the basil and the tomatoes
Plant some azaleas? (They’re on clearance!)
Run the weed whacker along the stone wall
Rake leaves
Sift compost and work into the garden