tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147432208989703659.post9153385013614311279..comments2024-03-07T02:13:33.204-05:00Comments on Gear Acres at Top of the Hill: In a race with the rainJan Mariehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12200868370970054076noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147432208989703659.post-84502500236414291492009-04-20T13:15:00.000-04:002009-04-20T13:15:00.000-04:00I made that same mistake once. What bothers me mo...I made that same mistake once. What bothers me most about raking out everything in the spring is that you damage the spring bulbs that are beginning to bloom.<br /><br />Waiting to rake in the spring may work in warmer climates where they do not need to wait for the snow to melt. It just does not work here in Michigan where we go from brutally cold to wet and cold to hot and humid.<br /><br />My lonely daff has some friends now, a few more little daffs and several full size daffs.<br /><br />Something has chewed off all the tulips leaves. I'm thinking ground hog.Jan Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12200868370970054076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5147432208989703659.post-47012685435418790122009-04-20T11:53:00.000-04:002009-04-20T11:53:00.000-04:00We started early cleaning out the flower beds of a...We started early cleaning out the flower beds of all the leaves.<br /><br />I thought by now we'd be all done, but we're not.<br /><br />I had this great idea last fall that I would leave all the leaves on the flower beds to protect the bulbs underneath...well, I won't be doing that again. I was telling my husband that it's nearly as hard to clean up this year as it was the first year when the gardens and yard was overgrown.<br /><br />I'm having to re-de-leaf all the beds again and I'm not even done de-leafing everything to begin with. Leaves from under the evergreens and the neighbors yard keep blowing in to take refuge in my beds.<br /><br />I'm sorry about your lonely daffodil. I hope you get more.baby sisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05190907696258315177noreply@blogger.com