My Yard is Ready for Winter

Just in time, too!

Photo by the author of the first snowfall of 2022

Every year I have a kind of closing routine with my yard. I usually do these things over the course of a few days, even a week or two sometimes, as my arthritis doesn’t allow for doing it all at once.

This year I barely had the stuff done in time.

Yesterday I cut the wildflowers down. My mom taught me that it’s best to leave about an inch or so…