Winter clean up

Starting the pruning process

Cutting to the height

later cutting cross branches, dead branches, opening it up

So the bush will come back

Cut herbs to dry in the pantry

Boots found at the "Bin" in Portland

tools of the trade

Pruners, gloves

In my "New" Old garden bag

That I received at a bag exchange

Clean up one flower bed at a time

rake dead leaves

prune the herbs and bushes

pull up dead plants

With this handy rake

Added soil to some containers that needed refreshing

It's a gorgeous day perfect really

I just wish my allergies weren't so bad.

I needed to come in so I could breath.

It's that time of year again to clean up

Our green house roof was leaking so bad that these trays were overflowing with water, what a mess. The rest of the mess in the green house is beyond description.

This has been a problem the last two years

We've tried patching the roof, and resealing and that didn't work

Last year we put a plastic tarp and it didn't let in the right kind of light and the seedlings didn't do well

This year I ordered the right type of plastic for green houses. We put grommets in with a double layer of plastic for strength, then tied the tarp down. We get super strong winds up here, and lots of rain more so than in town.

I was especially cold this winter as you all know who got the $300 home gas bill.

Now my work is really cut out in getting the green house ready for seeding. It's a good thing I have a month do work on it. Such a mess.....moldy seeds, dead plants well you get the idea.

I have to empty it all out, clean everything and sterilize and put it all back together. I need a month to do this task.