Putting the garden to bed for the winter
By S.E
@SerenityEngel (525)
United Kingdom
September 29, 2017 8:10am CST
Been outside for several hours putting the garden to bed. Old pepper plants etc in the composter. Pulling out dead summer bedding plants. Still a lot more to do, but it is a start. Ready to start up up again in April when it is seed planting time. How of us here have gardens we have to pack up for the winter?
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
1 Oct 17
Sleep now dear garden..lovely English gardens
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
1 Oct 17
@SerenityEngel I have one plant here thats it..no garden here sadly..but you know I cant have it inside as it keeps getting those plant gnats no matter what I do..so I have decided to just put it in water without the soil..that way no gnats..
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@SerenityEngel (525)
• United Kingdom
1 Oct 17
And would you believe it I had forgotten about the plants in the spare bedroom that need to be sorted out... then there is the tomato plants that are still producing fruit, but will need to go soon, so really I haven't finished yet at all. That was part one of the putting the garden to bed.
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@SerenityEngel (525)
• United Kingdom
2 Oct 17
@TiarasOceanView fly papers! I use fly paper to catch all the flies otherwise they are all over the house. Works a treat.
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@Sophia427 (139)
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29 Sep 17
All the best for your work. I understand it's a lot of hard work but I'm sure it makes you happy too.
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@SerenityEngel (525)
• United Kingdom
29 Sep 17
It does yes but I was a bit disappointed the peppers kept rotting. A lot of work went into those and I didn't get that many peppers out of it.
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@SerenityEngel (525)
• United Kingdom
29 Sep 17
@Sophia427 The tomatoes are great. I have a huge crop of those every year. Next year I'm going to try carrots again as those didn't work out - too tiny. didn't really grow.
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@Sophia427 (139)
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29 Sep 17
@SerenityEngel O ok, That would be disappointing for you after so much hard work you had put it. But all those rotten peppers went back into the soil to form compost. That would have served as good input for soil and might help you in getting better peppers next year.
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@marguicha (223720)
• Chile
29 Sep 17
In this side of the world it is planting time. 
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@teamfreak16 (43418)
• Denver, Colorado
29 Sep 17
We don't have a garden. There's nowhere to put it here.
@Friendlypink (3805)
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29 Sep 17
It sound like a lot of work. But for sure after all that you will feel goos cause you have accomplished something. Right?
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@SerenityEngel (525)
• United Kingdom
29 Sep 17
I've made some new compost for next year
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