Late May/early June is when I really tidy up after all of the spring bloomers in my mixed gardening beds. It's been great to practice a modified chop and drop. With bulb foliage either yellowing or falling over while still green, I chop it all down and then lay the shredded leaves over it. Any egg shells and coffee grounds go down in "needy" areas before the final layer of leaves. I did a hard pruning on some forsythia - taking out more than I left - and left some of the smaller branches on the ground. Hoping none of those cut branches will root as I don't need more forsythia. More shrubs to prune now that the spring bloom is done so looking forward to more chop and drop.
