Getting the garden ready for winter
A yellow rose blooms as autumn begins. In her latest column, Rebecca Norton Ryan advises gardeners to leave shrubs unpruned until spring and avoid clearing away all the shelter pollinators need for winter.
Photo courtesy of Rebecca Ryan
Lifestyles, Local News
September 24, 2026

Getting the garden ready for winter

In the wink of an eye, our lovely summer of 2026 is over. Now, with the official beginning of autumn...
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‘These last days are like a special gift from nature’ — Putting the garden to bed for winter
Putting the garden to bed for winter
By REBECCA NORTON RYAN  Penn State Extension Master Gardener  
October 19, 2026
The gardeners of McKean County have been given a beautiful, dry and sunny week of weather. With temperatures in the 60s and a couple of 50s, I am look...
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