Pacific Northwest Gardening in November

“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”
― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America

• Finish planting tulips, daffodils and other spring bulbs.
• Drain, clean and store garden hoses.
• Summer annuals still left?  Throw them out and clean containers.
• Spread dolomite lime around the base of lilacs, choiysia and deutizias.
• Continue raking leaves, or leave for a layer of mulch.

The average first frost date in Western Washington is November 11th.