My last two posts have talked about sustainable garden clean up. What does the garden look like if you do this?
Here’s what you might see under my hydrangeas right now. Why is this good? All sorts of critters are enjoying this–chipmunks, squirrels and blue jays–and no one’s harming the plants.
Want some more of a mess? This is what’s under our row of white pines. I counted 10 different bird species enjoying this–not counting the chipmunks and squirrels, of course.
And for a real mess, here’s one of the gardens that hasn’t been touched in over 2 years (except of course to be accidentally sprayed by herbicide in that poisoning incident.) These gardens are really dry–we haven’t had any rain for almost a month.
But this garden, for the most part, is usually full of lush hydrangeas so what you are seeing is hidden. Not so bad, is it?
Gardendaze 