topic Starting to put my flower bed to rest for the winter. in Garden https://community.qvc.com/t5/Garden/Starting-to-put-my-flower-bed-to-rest-for-the-winter/m-p/379430#M1179 <P>Decided last Friday to pull up some of my flowers and get a jump on cool weather. The leaves/stems were starting to turn a little brownish and not producing many flowers ( if any ). Plan on turning over the dirt, let it air out for a few days, and apply some type of ground cover. I might use a wood mulch this year over pine needles.</P> <P>Believe it or not, my geraniums are still going strong. It appears the geraniums will be the last to be pulled up.</P> <P>Have you done the same or similiar?</P> Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:20:53 GMT smhr 2013-11-11T17:20:53Z Starting to put my flower bed to rest for the winter. https://community.qvc.com/t5/Garden/Starting-to-put-my-flower-bed-to-rest-for-the-winter/m-p/379430#M1179 <P>Decided last Friday to pull up some of my flowers and get a jump on cool weather. The leaves/stems were starting to turn a little brownish and not producing many flowers ( if any ). Plan on turning over the dirt, let it air out for a few days, and apply some type of ground cover. I might use a wood mulch this year over pine needles.</P> <P>Believe it or not, my geraniums are still going strong. It appears the geraniums will be the last to be pulled up.</P> <P>Have you done the same or similiar?</P> Mon, 11 Nov 2013 17:20:53 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Garden/Starting-to-put-my-flower-bed-to-rest-for-the-winter/m-p/379430#M1179 smhr 2013-11-11T17:20:53Z Re: Starting to put my flower bed to rest for the winter. https://community.qvc.com/t5/Garden/Starting-to-put-my-flower-bed-to-rest-for-the-winter/m-p/379435#M1180 <P>I was just outside cutting down a large clematis that I did not get to when I did the rest (I think I left this one because it was twisted up into trees and hard to get down). Buds are showing up on things so I did not want to end up cutting all the buds off. We have had an unusually dry winter for the Pacific Northwest but I am anxiously awaiting spring. </P> Tue, 21 Jan 2014 23:56:52 GMT https://community.qvc.com/t5/Garden/Starting-to-put-my-flower-bed-to-rest-for-the-winter/m-p/379435#M1180 DiAnne 2014-01-21T23:56:52Z