Kudos to one and all. We had 18 volunteers turn out to clean up the traffic circle and the four adjacent corners. Now there will be 648 daffodil bulbs planted at the Henry Road circle and 360 at the Oak Street circle.
November is a good month to relax, reflect and remember on the 11th hour, of the 11th day, of the 11th month. Take time for a moment of silence to honour the men and women who have served and continue to serve Canada. Wear a red poppy with pride.
WE DIG – DO IT NOW TIPS
• Clean, repair and sharpen all tools before hanging them up for the winter
• Turn off your water to the outside taps and open taps to drain remaining water in the pipes
• Give roses a final dead heading and prune lightly
• Dig up gladiolas
• A good time to transplant shrubs, plant new trees and plant bulbs using a bone meal fertilizer
• Running a mower over dried leaves to chop them up hastens their decomposition in compost piles or on the garden
• Cover flower and vegetable beds with leaves for frost protection and added mulch and nutrients
• Apply lime to next year’s vegetable garden excluding the potato patch and lime lawns to help prevent moss growth
• Mulch asparagus beds
• Tie up shrubs and vines against wind or wet snow damage
• Prune raspberry canes, cutting out the old and tying up the new
• Plant garlic and over wintering onions
• Plant paper white narcissus in pots for indoor Christmas flowers
DID YOU KNOW?
• Diseased leaves should not be composted? Put out with your regular garbage?
• Pumpkins are grown in six of the seven continents of the world?
• The clocks fall back on Nov. 7?
• The term green thumb came from the stain on the pinching fingers of a good gardener?
PICK OF THE MONTH – PUMPKIN
Originated in Northeast Mexico. Pumpkin fragments were found dating back to 7000 B.C. Pumpkins are harvested in October and go hand-in-hand with Thanksgiving and Halloween. Carving pumpkins into jack-o-lanterns originated hundreds of years ago in Ireland. Seeds should be planted between the last week of May and the middle of June – they take 90 to 120 days to grow. Indigenous peoples have grown pumpkins for thousands of years even before the cultivation of beans and corn.
AND – what do you get if you divide the circumference of a pumpkin by its diameter? Pumpkin Pi.
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