Putting The Garden To Bed

A playful garden kitty inspects Jim Turner’s work and says hello Sunday during the annual fall cleanup in the Shared Harvest Community Garden. (Coeur d’Alene Press photo: Devin Heilman)

When leaves weren’t being lifted and blown around by the wind Sunday in the Shared Harvest Community Garden, they were being raked, scooped and tossed about by a handful of spirited youngsters. But don’t worry, they still got the job done. Jamie Provost, 11, Hayden Levy, 11, and Hayden’s brother, Benjamin, 7, all of Coeur d’Alene, joined about 40 others in efforts to insulate and prepare the plots as well as clean and repair the grounds to prepare for winter. “We’re making a leaf monument,” Hayden said. “We’re going for a world record,” said Benjamin, who was standing next to the leaf pile, which was as tall as him. Shared Harvest gardeners and volunteers plucked weeds and rototilled soil in garden beds, removed debris from walkways and spread compost and hay on the garden plots as they put them to bed for the season/ Devin Heilman , Coeur d’Alene Press. More here.

Question: Have you put the garden to bed?