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Posted by FranVAz7 Alexandria VA (My Page) on Wed, Oct 13, 04 at 18:00
| Now that we're changing into another season, Fall, what kind of maintenance tasks are occupying you now?
I'm busy with the beginnings of pine cleanup--needle stripping, evaluating the results and seeing what kind of pruning will be necessary. Then I need to give the spruces and junipers similar treatment. I am also trying to keep up with the day-to-day leaf drop, both in the beds and in the water. October for us is a good time to replace plants, so I'll do a bit of that as well--mostly cases of putting in the correct plant instead of what was installed during the restoration, although incorrect planting procedures are causing some of the larger specimens to sicken enough to consider replacement for them as well. After leaf drop, I'll mulch with pine straw. Oh, and I'll be feeding as many large trees and shrubs as possible by way of root injection. I'm sure there's more I'm doing, but those are the edited highlights so far.
So, what are you all doing?
Fran |
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