Think before you ‘clean up’.
DON’T BE TEMPTED TO CLEAN EVERYTHING UP!
It’s important to leave many of those leaves and plants alone to support our beneficial insects, birds, and soils. It might be the most sustainable thing you can do this season! With pruners in hand, I recently approached a cluster of very large fennel plants loaded with thousands of ripe seeds, intending to cut all of the branches off before the seeds fell. [Read More]