My belief in leaving the garden alone in fall was sealed on a December early morning, when a robin arrived at a garden chest where I keep my tools. It stabilized on the edge where some snow was melting and leaking to the deck listed below. The robin arched its head downward and pecked at each bead. Quickly a bluebird landed right behind the robin on the edge of the chest. Then another bluebird. All 3 were now lined up, all set to take their turn at the melting snow.
I have little doubt that if I had not left the garden up, developing an inviting area, I ‘d never ever have actually seen them. And I have little doubt that winter season would not have actually indicated a lot, or been much easier to make it through, without the living appeal outside my door in a “dead” season numerous people garden enthusiasts needlessly hate. Here are 7 of the lots of factors to leave your fall garden standing.