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Tidy Up or Let It Be: Where Do You Fall on Fall Garden Cleanup?

No matter where you fall on the issue of fall garden cleanup, you have to appreciate a recent tweet by Benjamin Vogt. He's a poet, gardener and author of Sleep, Creep, Leap, which recounts his adventures in prairie gardening.

"Just prepped my garden for winter by glancing out the office window and sighing. Seriously, why do people do fall clean-up? Nature doesn't."

I guess I fall somewhere close to this 140-characters or less, garden-maintenance manifesto. I don't do much. But I do a little.

I would venture that fall clean up routines are dependent upon gardening styles, weather and peer pressure. The more naturalistic setting can get away with less. While manicured and groomed gardens, like women of the same sort, demand more intense seasonal intervention.

Of course, those of us up north know that just like a striking poncho, good snow cover hides a multitude of sins.

Raking leaves in the crisp autumn air...

Read the rest and tell me about your fall garden activities at The Garden Buzz

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Comment by Rhonda Fleming Hayes on November 4, 2011 at 3:03pm: >Judy ..This former southern Californian envies you your chance to have a fall garden. It's all over but the crying here in Minnesota!

>Donna...Good luck experimenting, let us know how it goes.

Comment by Judy on November 4, 2011 at 1:13pm: We had Our first frost this morning,very early for Northern Ca.Bummer!!I've been nursing summer veggies as long as possible.My friends and neighbors have loved the garden this year.Gotta start pulling out and replanting for the fall garden.Gonna miss summertime :(

Comment by Donna on November 3, 2011 at 9:46pm: I am more in favor of leave it where it is, or at least somewhere in the garden. I am experimenting this year with using leaves fallen from my dogwood, which has anthracnos. Usually I put them in the yard waste bin, however I believe that if I keep the soil healthy that it can overcome any bad stuff.