protect your perennials and trees from rabbits and mice this winter

Get the last of the beets out of the ground before the ground freezes solid.

Leave the last roses on the bushes to form hips, so the birds have something to eat in the winter.

But Suasoria, our roses need to be pruned in January, thus removing the hips at that time. I don't deadhead after November.

Drain any outdoor water lines and faucets. (Except for jenniferch and Suasoria, of course!)

Wayne

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Originally posted by adirondackgardener:
Drain any outdoor water lines and faucets. (Except for jenniferch and Suasoria, of course!)

Wayne

And me! Horses get watered via a hose run from the house. And when temps drop below freezing, they get warm-watered via a hose run from the walk-out basement. Plus, with our relatively mild winter temps here in VA, I sometimes do have to water tubbed shrubs & fall-planted shrubs & trees during the winter.

Empty your outdoor ceramic pots or bring them in, if it freezes where your at.

keep adding to your compost pile

feed your "worms"

Pick your green tomatoes and bell peppers before the first hard freeze.

Remember all the lessons learned THIS year!!!

Bring in your glass rain gauge. It will crack!! Couldn't figure out why mine never showed any rain this spring.

ohhhh good idea, going to get my gauge right now!

Clean and oil your tools before packing them in the shed for the winter.

Mumsey, I found my gauge cracked already a few days ago

and get your snowblower running

and make sure your generator is ready.

And clean the leaves out of the gutters.

And get the wood stacked, so that the dryest wood is at the front.

Make up business cards to give to the neighbors to let them know to call you when their leaves are ready for harvesting.

So much to remember. I love this stuff!

Get a snowblower. Still on the list, year three and haven't got one yet.