When Should You Do Spring Cleanup? As Late As Possible!🌸🐝 скачать в хорошем качестве

When Should You Do Spring Cleanup? As Late As Possible!🌸🐝

I had a follow-up conversation with Andy Finton this week, the senior conservation ecologist at The Nature Conservancy in Massachusetts, to talk about what he’s doing in his yard for his spring cleanup and how it’s connected to the ecosystem around him. We met in the fall to talk about the benefits of leaving leaves over the winter and thought it would be good to cover some of the nuances of spring cleanup. He was kind enough to put this in his own words for me to share: 1. If you’ve left the leaves in your beds over the winter, great! As spring arrives, they continue to provide benefits to both your garden, and to nature. The leaves hold moisture in the ground, add nutrients and organic matter to the soil, and prevent weeds. 2. And those bumble bees and other pollinators you see on your wildflowers in the summer are nesting in the ground under the leaves. They emerge slowly through March and April, and into May, so wait to clean them up if you can. (Optional: Even better, dedicate a portion of your yard to keep leaves year-round.) 3. The leaves are foundational to healthy ecosystems in the wild, and in our yards, and healthy ecosystems result in healthy people. Great information to have and thanks to Andy and also to Chloe Tomasetta for filming and production. For information about what The Nature Conservancy in Mass does, visit their website: https://nature.org/Massachusetts and the national organization is https://www.nature.org/en-us About me: I am a garden coach and consultant in the Boston area. Visit my website for information about how to book an in-person or virtual consultation and more: https://www.youcandoitgardening.com #youcandoitgardening