Paradox
Imperial Masterpiece
Well for those of us in the Northern regions where we arent dealing with hurricanes from hell (at least not yet), winter is coming and will be here in a couple/few short months.
September 1st is always my trigger to start preparing my winter quarters for all my trees.
Here is a list of things I do over September and October.
Clean the trays my tropicals go into and make sure their winter space in the basement is clean and ready to just bring them in when it becomes necessary.
Make sure their lights are working and bulbs still good.
Start clean the garage space where the shelves for the trees go. Lots of stuff accumulated over the summer because of projects I started or bought stuff for and havent finished, summer time activities/hobbies and well, its empty space and empty space cant stay empty.
Once that stuff has been put away, Ill pull everything (the shelves, the wagon I use to carry the trees back and forth) out and sweep the floor of dust, dirt, leaves etc
Clean and put away any pots that are still hanging out outside under the benches.
Check on the cold frame, spray some RoundUp for the weeds that started to grow in there over the summer.
Cover it up to keep more weeds from growing and keep falling leaves and acorns out of there.
I have some rodents that burrowed in under the wall and have some tunnels in there. Deal with them.
Make sure the wood covers that go over the cold frame are all still in good shape and if they need painting, do that.
September 1st is always my trigger to start preparing my winter quarters for all my trees.
Here is a list of things I do over September and October.
Clean the trays my tropicals go into and make sure their winter space in the basement is clean and ready to just bring them in when it becomes necessary.
Make sure their lights are working and bulbs still good.
Start clean the garage space where the shelves for the trees go. Lots of stuff accumulated over the summer because of projects I started or bought stuff for and havent finished, summer time activities/hobbies and well, its empty space and empty space cant stay empty.
Once that stuff has been put away, Ill pull everything (the shelves, the wagon I use to carry the trees back and forth) out and sweep the floor of dust, dirt, leaves etc
Clean and put away any pots that are still hanging out outside under the benches.
Check on the cold frame, spray some RoundUp for the weeds that started to grow in there over the summer.
Cover it up to keep more weeds from growing and keep falling leaves and acorns out of there.
I have some rodents that burrowed in under the wall and have some tunnels in there. Deal with them.
Make sure the wood covers that go over the cold frame are all still in good shape and if they need painting, do that.