wrapping it up

the university insists that beds in the community garden be cleared by tomorrow...so off i went this morning...

it was frosty when i got to the garden...however frost doesn't mean much tot he cold hardy and we will be touching on that soon enough...

over in my bed the alfalfa is still blooming...so i let it be...

i piled the stones from my abortive rock mulch in a corner and raked over the bed with my weeding hoe...

then turned the cut vegitation under...

and covered the bed ( except, obviously, the alfalfa ) with landscaping fabric...

if alfalfa is cold hardy, asparagus is even more so...still, the university insists the plants behave themselves rulewise and so i cut it down...whether it was ready or not ( it is still up and running in my yard and will remain so until it tells me it is done )...

including some late season new spears which came home with me...

after i cut the asparagus i worked the bed with the weeding hoe and turned it as well...

then i mulched the asparagus row with composted manure to feed the plants in the spring...

after which i covered this bed with fabric...literally wrapping up the season...we will see what life is like in four months...

as instructed i left the bags of asparagus cuttings by the alley.