backyard mulch

it's a holiday and it's also the first day off i have had in a while...the ramps and the potted maple tree ( affectionately dubbed "little guy" ) both needed to be mulched for winter...

so i gathered up leaves from the maples out front and dropped a six inch deep layer on top of the ramps to insulate them and to help keep them thinking they are in the woods...

and after i repositioned little guy to the south side of the ramp bed i gave him a thorough mulching...all the way up to the fork in his trunk and radiating our=t about three feet...a blanket of dead air space to help him through the winter...

difficult as they may be to see, my first yr=ear asparagus plants have died back...so i marked them...

and gave them a mulching as well...

the second year plant has a much deeper root system and probably won't suffer much from the cold...however since i was there with the leaves anyway i filled the cage to about the standard six inches...so that's done...now i need to get out to campus one of these late autumn days.