Caring For Your Garden In Winter
Green-thumbed readers, you're no doubt concerned about caring for your garden in winter. In most places, it’s too cold and too wet to tend to it like you’re used to in the warmer months, but that doesn’t mean you can’t still keep it in it's best shape, ready for the new year. Here are a few winter gardening tips that can help ensure beautiful results once the weather transforms for the better.
Caring For Your Garden In Winter
Mulch Ado About Nothing
Getting rid of fallen leaves, twigs, and other debris is the perfect way to begin laying the groundwork for winter gardening. You can do this yourself and store the wood waste away for composting and mulching (think leaves, fallen branches and twigs, grass clippings, hay, shredded bark, animal poop, etc.), which you can then use in spring, or you can look into professional removal services. Organic mulching is good for the environment (less landfill waste), will help to improve your soil's texture and also provides a ground cover from rain and other elements. Companies like Edrich Lumber, for example, offer specialist help and are highly beneficial for those who don’t have the time or ability to clear their yard and can provide you with advice on how to mulch for spring.
Put Plants Away For Safe Keeping
After months of caring for your favorite warm-weather friendly plants and flowers, it would be a horrible shame for them to perish because they can’t handle the colder temperatures. To keep them in top condition, you can relocate your most delicate and treasured plants inside.
Ideal places for storing plants in winter include sturdy sheds, greenhouses, or conservatories. If you have exotic plants that spend warmer months on your deck or patio, bring them into the bathroom so they can enjoy the steam from the shower (and any natural light your bathroom may provide). Keep their soil moist and consider a humidifier in order to water less often and possibly avoid root rot. For sturdier plants and small trees, wrap the base / pot with towels or blankets. Once the frost lifts, you can return your potted plants to their outside home again.
Ideal places for storing plants in winter include sturdy sheds, greenhouses, or conservatories. If you have exotic plants that spend warmer months on your deck or patio, bring them into the bathroom so they can enjoy the steam from the shower (and any natural light your bathroom may provide). Keep their soil moist and consider a humidifier in order to water less often and possibly avoid root rot. For sturdier plants and small trees, wrap the base / pot with towels or blankets. Once the frost lifts, you can return your potted plants to their outside home again.
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Winterize Your Irrigation System
On the surface, you might not think this has anything to do with your gardening in winter, but knowing where your irrigation lines run and the potential havoc a burst line could wreak is crucial.
If you have an irrigation or sprinkler system on your property, be sure to winterize before the first frost of the year. If you don't have a company that handles your irrigation system, you need to be familiar with how your system works.
If you have an irrigation or sprinkler system on your property, be sure to winterize before the first frost of the year. If you don't have a company that handles your irrigation system, you need to be familiar with how your system works.
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​Draw Up Some Landscaping Plans
Even though you can’t look after your warm-weather garden the way you might want to during the winter, you still have many months to think about how to improve it as soon as the first sun of spring appears!
There's lot of different software programs you can play with to help you with a new and / or improved landscape design come spring. And toward the end of winter, keep an eye out for seed and bulb catalogs and advertisements. Alternatively, check for gardening steals and deals from your local garden centers at the end of the season as well.
Planning a landscape design now will make it easier to prepare your garden later, and even give you a few months of saving money (and purchasing items) for your dream garden.
There's lot of different software programs you can play with to help you with a new and / or improved landscape design come spring. And toward the end of winter, keep an eye out for seed and bulb catalogs and advertisements. Alternatively, check for gardening steals and deals from your local garden centers at the end of the season as well.
Planning a landscape design now will make it easier to prepare your garden later, and even give you a few months of saving money (and purchasing items) for your dream garden.
​Winter Work
If your garden is your pride and joy (after the kids, that is!), you'll still want to keep it in the best condition possible in the "off season". Call J&M Tree Service Rancho Cucamonga so they can help to ensure you remove potentially hazardous limbs and branches from trees, especially those closest to structures. Before the ground hardens completely, give your soil one last turn over and add a bit of compost to the mix. Make sure your garden tools are clean and sharpened for the upcoming spring season as well.
Winter Gardening Books We Recommend
When winter blankets our gardens in serene quiet, it's the perfect time to cozy up with some inspiring reads. First on our list is "The Garden in Winter: Plant for Beauty and Interest in the Quiet Season" by Suzy Bales. This book is like having a gardening guru by your side, offering a wealth of insights on creating a stunning winter garden that looks captivating even when it's covered in snow. And for those of us who can't resist the allure of fresh homegrown produce even in the coldest months, "The Winter Harvest Handbook" by Eliot Coleman is a must-read. It's packed with expert advice on cultivating your own delicious veggies during winter's chill. Whether you're aiming to enhance your garden's beauty or fill your plate with seasonal delights, these books are your trusted companions on the winter gardening journey.
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Green-thumbed readers, don't let the winter chill dim your gardening spirit. With a little care and planning, your garden can thrive even in the colder months, ensuring a vibrant start to the new year.
Happy winter planting!
Happy winter planting!
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