#fallcleanup

It was time; all the Zinnias had to be pulled out along the front of the house. These put on a beautiful show all summer long, and it was a nice day to finish up the fall cleanup. Mika was on the job

We had a very busy weekend tidying up a lot of the gardens around our home. We were expecting a few days of rain, so we decided to make hay while the sun was shining. The main vegetable garden is done,

Practically all the tomato plants are done with blight and yellowing leaves. It's time to harvest what is left on the plants and pull them out. You can see that they are dying down for the season. I really

I can't believe that our growing season has come to an end. This week I decided to pick the last of the Raspberries and top the plants for the winter. There were still a lot of berries on the plants, so

We finally had two nice days in a row this week which gave us a chance to finish cleaning the gardens for the season. The only thing we left alone was all the border Zinnias at the front of the house.

With Fall in full swing with rainy, cool days, it is time to trim back the rest of the flowers blooming in the gardens. I've been cleaning out each area a little each day, since my lower back and right

Mika has been helping my husband clean up all the leaves in the yard this week. I found this photo from last year when she was a puppy. She loves chasing the rake while he piles the leaves to haul away.

It has been a long week cutting back all the perennial flowers and pulling out the annuals. My husband's and my backs are achy from all the bending and the heating pads come in handy every night. I cut