The Bobcaygeon Horticulture Society
PO Box 964 K0M 1A0 Bobcaygeon, ON, Canada

Don't be a neatnik. Prepare your yard for winter by leaving the leaves. Leaf litter provides a winter home for insects and the insects provide food for songbi...rds like the Hermit Thrush and American Robin. Leaf litter can be raked away from structures and pathways and used as mulch in garden beds. Don't deadhead your annuals and perennials. Instead, leave the seedheads intact for the Dark-eyed Junco, American Goldfinch and White-crowned Sparrow to enjoy a winter bounty of seed. If you can't resist deadheading, tuck the clippings around your garden beds so the seedheads are still available for the birds. If you have the space and it is fire-safe to do so in your area, create a brush pile with trimmings from trees and shrubs. Brush piles provide shelter for many ground-dwelling and mid-story songbird species like California Towhee and Bewick's Wren as well as insects. Don't be a neatnik. A less tidy garden will provide songbirds and the insects they love with food and shelter all winter long.

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This is what a winter wonderland looks like! Member's photo. #winterwonderland #lovegardening #freshsnowfall #tistheseason #pickeringgardenclub

Have you got your pots all ready for next spring? neat trick with pantyhose, do not wear them anyway!

Walled Kitchen Garden at Gravetye Manor, West Sussex, UK. Designed by William Robinson at the turn of the 20th century, this is one of the last large-scale vegetable gardens to be built in UK. Photo: Gravetye Manor

Some brave members are out on Bolton Street this morning cleaning up the flower beds on a very cold and frosty morning.

Fall at Annas Perennials

Beautiful crafts from the leaves you picked up #beauty #fashion