I know it helped me. My eyes were far bigger than my energy supply this year, and what seemed reasonable when I made my orders out (a mere 3000 or so bulbs) seemed completely daunting when they were delivered and I opened three huge boxes to be confronted with very large mesh bags filled with 100 bulbs apiece. In a couple of instances I had ordered so many of a particular plant that they sent those little bins full of bulbs like you see in the stores.
I've been plugging away, trying to get at least 100 bulbs a day into the ground - and today, thanks to our party, I actually got about 500 bulbs planted. Which was great, because the remaining supply in finally dwindling to the point where it looks do-able.
But the best part of our party was the after-planting wind-down party, where we talked about what we did. Because of this, I paid close attention to what I was doing and realized that I had some up with a few really good strategies for fall planting time.
Necessary Fall Garden Chores
First - it's not just time to plant in the garden. It's also time to clean up, and to try to get rid of any weeds lurking in the bed.
We know that the bulbs we are planting will spend the winter busily creating a strong root system. So are the weeds. So a wise gardener takes time to go out and hoe or pull or whatever it takes to prevent unwanted green stuff from trying to stage a hostile take-over. And when you're finished with an area, it's the perfect time to finish the clean-up, raking out leaves and removing dead foliage. Then you can move on to the next area and put that one out of your mind.
Easy Weeding
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