Since garden committee activity has died down, I am going to have one or more of the middle school kids Kim Burton has coming tonight help me finish clearing a communal bed or two and plant winter peas to facilitate soil improvement through next spring. So if you see a bed that looks especially tidy, be aware it may be freshly planted.
BTW I was throwing the old tomato plants in the trash per Master Gardener recommendations to reduce the disease load in our soils. Other plants I’ve been placing in the compost, but if there are any plants with heavy parasites we should dumpster them also.
I would greatly appreciate it if the aromatic asters and other ornamentals and herbs are left intact to overwinter. It’s good for pollinators to keep them, and it will facilitate dividing the asters in the spring.
