Pat and Jim's Gardening Adventure: October 2012

Sunday, October 28, 2012

packing it in

It was in the 80s last week .It almost seemed that winter had passed us by, but this is Cleveland. The sun slipped behind the clouds on Friday and probably won't peek out again till April or May. The temps dropped into the low 40s and the rain came. The rain will eventually stop when the snow arrives. Time to take the vitamin D pills. Also time to bring in our lawn statuary.

soil and climate

Our yard is clay. Clay, clay and more clay. Clay all the way to the center of the earth. The people at the conservation district told us that " we're at the wrong end of the glacier". I nodded the nod of the intimidated and have repeated it ever since. We are true belivers in sweet peet and work in 15 yards every spring. Our back yard faces north and is a good 6 feet lower than the house. Most of the back yard is moist year round. Except for the north east corner, the yard is under shade or partial shade. The front yard is mainly sunny. We are in zone 5b.