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SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA -

Here in the Northern hemisphere, the growing season is drawing to a close. Many of us have already begun our preparations for overwintering. I thought it would be interesting if we discuss overwintering in the context of the different areas in which we live.

I'm located about 45 miles southeast of San Francisco. Winters here are usually very mild, with some heavy rainstorms. We only occasionally get hail and a couple of weeks when the temperature will drop into the high 20s (F) at night.

My winter protection usually just consists of moving frost tender plants like ficus, bougainvillea and crepe myrtle into a (mostly) unheated greenhouse. Those few weeks when it gets really cold, I will leave a small space heater going.

This is all about 3-4 weeks in the future. Currently the leaves have just begun to fall. During the next few weeks, I'll be working to keep the soil surface clear of leaf litter from bonsai and surrounding neighborhood trees, and tilting pots when we get several days' continuous rain.

What's up in your neighborhood?

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