Preparing for Winter

It's hard to believe, but winter is coming! It is coming so fast that we got a snowfall just a week ago! Since I work at a school I had the audacity to think that maybe we would have a late start. No such luck....

On a scheduled day off though, I was able to help my husband with the garden by digging up some Canna bulbs.

 They were kind of hard to dig up, the ground being wet and all from the snowfall and having the weather being colder than it has been. But nevertheless I got them up with a shovel instead of a garden trowel.

tools for the job

Cannas are a tropical flower. They do pretty well in Iowa especially in the summer. But they can't survive an Iowa winter so they need to be dug up. I found we increased our bulbs by at least 50%! I guess we can give some away at some point.

My husband is  lucky to have a green thumb, I unfortunately fail at watering plants. So I guess it's good I was able to help him by digging the Cannas up.

the cut off stalks

I hope you all have a good day...keep smiling!

a great increase