I have a week or so to decide, but I have another “experiment” in mind. I’m thinking of leaving at least some of the sedum stand through the winter this year. I hear the birds might enjoy them.
An article I read said it’s great to put out feeders, but it’s also important to have things for birds to forage. A concern I have though is that dropped seeds will enable dozens and dozens of volunteers in the spring. There’s already enough volunteers that I pluck by hand from the trees and the clematis.
I’m still deciding.
If we do that, is the next step a heated bird bath? I read they like that too!
This morning the water in the birdbath was frozen.
Yesterday at 4pm the wind was a bit calmer. The “feels like” temperature was still in the mid 30s so it was a bit brisk, but I put on my red flannel thick lined shirt as a jacket and headed out to accomplish the very sad task of cutting the hostas back. 3 big piles later it was done and then I had to bag all those gorgeous leaves and set them aside for compost drop off next weekend. Very sad, and I won’t even include pics, but now it’s done. All that’s left are Dad’s two hostas in back (they’re still green) and two Rainforest Sunrise hostas in front (I might cut them back today).
Soon we will send snow pics from the garden. But for now the fall garden clean-up is wrapping up. Next is bringing in all the garden decorations, and changing out the garden flag. And then the candles will go in the windows.
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