Planting Garlic
Kitchen Gardens International has a wonderful, easy to understand video about planting garlic in our zone 5-6 climate. Watch it here.
If you have questions about how to plant or care for your trees, shrubs, perennials, edibles or annuals please ask us. We want you to be successful!
When do you cut back on roses and other perennials for winter?
Cecilia,
Thanks for your question. We recommend that you wait until late winter/early spring to cut back roses, since you will almost always get some die-back in our zones (5-6). The only exception to this would be to cut back any long stems that might be broken by winter winds. Perennials can be cut back any time. If you want the perennial bed to look neat and tidy all winter, then cut them back when they begin to look bad in the late summer or fall. If that isn’t important to you, then leave them until early spring. Keep in mind that the birds will use the seed pods of many perennials as a food source in the winter months.