Preparing your garden for winter

Many people tend to think that once the first frost arrives, they will have to worry about the Garden until next spring. No more pull weeds weeds, hoeing, digging, pruning, water ing or scraping. The truth, the idea Garden ing is more once you pull the last carrot or cut the latter rose, is completely false. If you place so me ti me in autumn to do a little cleaning, maintenance and planning, you can save yourself much work when the season of ing Garden surround the next spring rolls.

Chores for the beginning of autumn

At the beginning of autumn remove any dead flowers and leaves of roses and clean all debris from the plants database autour. Plant material left on the soil around plants decayed may contain diseases and other plant pests which can survive the winter and infest plants in the spring.

As Sum me r flowers melted so add me fall color in your ho me and hardy Garden plants such as moms, cabbage or worries in bloom. Autumn traditional festivals can also be a ti add me to me extra for color form of pumpkins, squash or dried corn. Just because the warm weather has ended, do me a you must waive color around the outside of your ho me or in your Garden.

It is the ti me pave the way for plants in the next year. Many people like to till their s vegetable Garden in the fall to get a head start on next spring. The its me applies for flowers by spade massive soil and fertilizer addition.

Buy now your autumn bulbs. Find all these ing Garden catalogs and bulbs of agenda for fall plantings or check your local Garden store or a farm for a wide variety of bulbs give you therefore me great early spring color.

If you want to do so me landscaping, in the early fall is the perfect ti me. Shrubs and perennials planted early autumn shall ti establish me their root systems before really cold. In addition, in many areas where rain is common in autumn, plants get lot of moisture without having to constantly water them.

Things to do in the middle of autumn

Fall progresses and all leaves are finally off the coast of trees, it is ti me to highlight rakes. Raking leaves may not be your favorite pasti me but be not be tempted to leave on your lawn or Garden, because they can shelter insects and foster the growth of mold and mildew. The decay of the leaf can also carpet and choke out grass and you'll end up with brown spots on your lawn. Therefore rake up leaves and put them in the bin to compost or even up to their Garden.

Turn off SW me feeders for your feathered friends. They have worked hard all year keeping insects in your Garden and food may be limited to birds at the end of the fall show so your appreciation and keep a few feeders filled with their favorite seed.

Prepare for winter

Once you've done your cleaning, scraping and preparing lunch for birds, c'est ti me give my attention to your front Garden tools you storing. Clean dirt or rust with a wire brush and rub in a little oil to protect winter and hang to dry places, like your garage or Garden shed. If you live in colder climates with temperatures in the winter, don't forget to turn off the tap water and (d) foreign rainwater pipe. Also d rain Garden hoses, roll and placed along the side of your Garden tools.

It is true that preparing your Garden for the winter can be a bit of extra work, but if you now you much less to do in the spring and that gives you a head start on having the best Garden district.

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