Late winter garden clean-up

I neglected my garden for too much of the winter. I went out occasionally to tidy up my close-in beds, but didn't do anything on the hillside.

I finally got out several times in the last couple weeks and cleaned up debris, trimmed old foliage, and pruned the plants that like late winter pruning. I still have some leaves to rake up and remove from the hillside. The big work ahead is hoeing or pulling thousands of tiny maple trees that sprouted from the little winged things that blew down during the fall and winter. There are so many that I'm quite overwhelmed! I'm sure that once I've spend a couple hours with my hoe and see some progress, I will feel better about the garden chores I am facing.

It does always feel good to come in after getting an area tidied up. Here are photos of some of my cleaned up beds.