It is that time of year! Time to trim, prune, and prepare for SPRING! I can not wait for flowers to bloom and everything to turn green again. Spring is such a beautiful season.

Are you into gardening?! I am happy to report that after YEARS of having a black thumb, I have finally turned a corner and I now love to grow plants! It is mostly due to my plant loving husband. He has been encouraging me our entire married life to get into the garden with him. I have always been very happy being “the designated weed puller”… I felt no need to plant anything. After we moved into our new house I took on one small planter box. That slowly grew to another planter box and then some how I was gardening!

One of my favorite things to watch grow and to care for has been my ornamental grasses. These line my front walkway. Each year they need to be cut down to the ground so that they can grow bigger and look fresh again. I love Pampas Grass and Karl Foerster Feather Reed Grass (this is what is on my walkway).

The best time to cut your grass is late winter/early spring. You will want to cut it back before you see new green growth coming up.

Before you go to town cutting your grass make sure you have on long sleeves and some nice thick gardening gloves. Some of these grasses can be VERY sharp and can cut you. The Pampas Grass is especially sharp. You will also need some sharp gardening shears and gardening twine.

Tie up your grass at the base to grab the shorter pieces and then again in the middle. Tie it tight! To minimize the mess keep your grass tied up as tight at you can. You will give your grass a big bear hug to wrap the twine around and tie up. You can see how I do this in my video above.

Once it is all tied up you will want to cut it as close to the ground as possible. With your shears cut small chunks of the grass a little at a time. This will be easier than trying to cut it all at once.

The mess will be so much less to clean up if you tie it up and cut it this way. Trust me… I learned the hard way.

BUT WAIT! One more tip. Don’t just throw away your grass! You can create beautiful floral bouquets with this lovely golden grass.

I made a couple different bouquets with this grass. Some of it I even placed in a vase by its self.

Whatever was left I spread around on the floor of my chicken run. The ladies thought it was pretty great stuff.

Have fun gardening! And go get crafty with your bad self!!