Returned from the South Garden a few hours ago; I managed to get the roses covered with few problems and not dealing with bagging leaves, for now.
The lawn was covered with leaves so I took a leaf blower and blew them , sloooowly, into a pile right next to the rose garden.
Had I used a rake, it probably would have take two to three hours less.
I deleafed, and cut the roses down, but , I also pulled four of them.
I just no lonerg have the deire to try to baby a rose that is more than half-dead to life any more.
Of course this made burying them a lot easier BUT also, a neighbor dumps his wife potted flower plants in my garden every fall, SO, I thought, I will use a pot, or pots, to cover the bottom six to ten inches of each rose, depending on the size of the pot.
The roses cut down to a mere six or so inches were easy to cover while the taller ones, which will probably have be cut down farther in spring, so the bed is now covered with between two and three feet of loose leaves.
I may have to add more as rain will pack it down, but at this point am not worried.
I have not checked up North is there is are any pre-bagged leaves around, or piles to bag, but for once may haul leaves South to North, as in my home town leaves are piled by the curb for a vacuum truck to suck up.
