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And ANOTHER great post on why NOT to rake those leaves, and just let our garden bee in the Fall. This one from the Xerces Society.
Support our pollinators and songbirds!
Put the rake and pruners down and nobody gets hurt! Your "messy" fall garden is teeming with life.
By Justin Wheeler from Xerces Society (home of bee love) You really need to check the link for the photos :-)
http://www.xerces.org/blog/put-down-those-pruners-pollinators-need-your-garden-garbage/
It should be welcome news for weary…
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Reasons NOT to clean up the garden this fall
by Jessica Walliser: Twenty-some years ago, fresh out of college with a horticulture degree in-hand, I started teaching adult education classes at a local botanic garden. For many years, I taught a class called Preparing Your Garden for the Winter. I would show slides (remember those?) of how well-kept gardens should look in January. In the images, every plant was cut to the nub, except for the ornamental grasses and butterfly bushes, and the whole garden was snug under a thick layer of…
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