In mid November Pax and I flew up from NC to help my mom and Ed prepare the plants on the farm for the cold winter ahead. Winterizing the lavender was the biggest task of the weekend. After three growing seasons (and lots of lessons learned about how to best cover the lavender to survive the winter winds from the river) Mom and Ed have it down to an art. Still, it’s a lot of labor so it was fun to be up and offer some help with this back breaking task. We also cut back perennials,  dug up tubers to store til spring and prepared the gardens and grounds for winter. Pax was a great little helper digging in the dirt. Mason was a good playmate but mostly he lounged in the sun to watch us work.