8.Clean tools and pots
Skip this task if you were good and cleaned, sharpened and oiled your shovels, secateurs and spades last fall. For those of us who put it off till spring, unearth abandoned gardening tools and forsaken containers, and clean them up so they’re ready for another season.
As the cool winds of autumn usher out another gardening season, I can’t help reflecting on what I accomplished in the garden over this past summer. Although I planted lots of new perennials, potted up summer bulbs and separated clumps of flowers with clashing colours, what I’m most proud of is taking apart and cleaning [...]
Walking to the store the other day, I passed my neighbour, Mr. Grillo, who was cutting a fine edge on his lawn where it meets the sidewalk. Smitten by the ancient tool he was using to do the job, which was held together by wire in typical Mr. Grillo style, I stopped to marvel at [...]
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