first real freeze last night....16 degrees, ice around the edges of my pond. I will do the last of my garden clean-up today. A few more christmas lights on the trees, and adding a timer. In January I will be attending the Mid America Horticultural show in Chicago. This is the Midwest landscapers show.....new plants, new equipment, new hardscapes, all the "stuff" we use on a daily basis. It is an excellent show, I will be reporting back on this for sure. Later

gettin excited for our first litle snowfall....yep prob only a dusting....but it will be white, yeah!! Tonite is the annual Christmas Walk in downtown Decatur, looking forward to the event. Decorations are up at our home and our store in downtown Decatur.

Installed the christmas lights outside my home today. White lights wrapped around grapevine balls, looks realy great......try it, you'll like it. Did some more garden cleanup activities, which will go to the Decatur Compost facility. Sprayed anti-dessicant on my evergreens for the winter protection. Ate the last of the turkey leftovers. Later

CUT-EM-BACK...that's right, late fall early winter is a great time to enoy the out of doors and cut back your perennials for the winter.....now I leave my coneflower heads because the birds love the seeds. Grasses????your choice...I leave mine throughout the winter, great interest in the garden, ust make sure you cut the grasses back by the middle of March.

Want to keep your evergreens from getting winter burn????keep the plants watered until the ground freezes, and apply an anti-dessicant to the foiliage. Take care

Hi, since landscape design has been my gig for the past 30 something years, I thought it was about time to start my own blog. Discussions will be pertinent to the season and to zone 5. watch for upcoming stuff and enjoy.