posted: Oct 17, 2008

With the temperature dropping and the days getting shorter we are moving the plants we have left in containers to overwinter them.  Our hope is to get good survival through the winter for planting and sale of these containers in the spring.  Our plants are in several different sizes of containers from 1 gallon pots to 10 cubic inch tubes. 



In order to protect the gallons from the elements we have partially buried them on Paradise Ridge.  This allows for their roots to be insulated and they can receive moisture and hopefully insulation from any snow cover that we have. 



We loaded the rest of the containers into the back of the 1 ton truck and moved them over to the granary on Thorn Creek.  Some of the smaller tubes will be transplanted into 1 gallon pots.  We will water all of these a few more times and then just let them sit out over the winter.  We may stack foam around the perimeter of the plants for insulation.  Placing anything over the plants just attracts and provides cover for mice so the plan is to leave them uncovered. 
Let's hope for a good winter and a successful hibernation!