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Preparing Your Garden fo the Winter
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| Tuesday, December 23, 2008 |
Some people believe that when the weather begins to cool and
the leaves begin to fall, it's time to put away garden tools and wait
until next spring to work on their new garden. Wrong. Winter is a
important to keep your garden's health and to ensure good
Culture for next year. May you think that might take time to prepare your
garden, but the truth is that it takes less than a day to prepare your
garden for next winter.
When night temperatures drop to less than forty-five degrees
Fahrenheit for more than four days, or freeze is scheduled for
your area (usually around late October or November) you know its time
start preparing your garden. You should start by assessing your garden
design, check the plants grew well in the last season, plants and
did not. Autumn is a good time to decide which plants will remain in
garden next year, and who should go.
It is also a good time to decide on new plants that you want to grow. To
make your garden more colorful and healthy, make sure the plant over
Hardy plants in the fall so they can resist the winter. Some
fine plants will be planted in the fall are: Rudbeckia, Aster
Novi-belgii, Anemone japonica, panicle hyandea, endive, escarole, and
Brussels sprouts. You can find these and more and gardening
magazines or your local nursery.
When you finish this, you have to start cleaning your garden.
Start by tearing weeds that have arisen in May, and raking fallen
leaves. Weeds and rotten leaves can carry insects and diseases that could
endanger your garden. You must also remove your past annual garden
plant and harvest your vegetables and other plants that can not bear
winter. After the fall came and passed, the leaves will not be
your trees and you can see the rotten branches. Cut off the side
branches of trees is not necessary for the health of your gardens, but in May
help later not to drop branches on your plants and not too blocking
a lot of sun.
If you have young trees, you should consider packaging and support
Issues to help them survive the winter wind and cold. Put
mulch your garden for winter can be a useful way to protect
Plant sudden changes in temperature and heavy snow. For mulch, you can
use about five inches of shredded bark, pine needles, or a variety of
other materials. You must be careful not to mulch too early, because
May be some insects still alive and able to take refuge in it for
winter.
Once you've finished your garden tools, you should clean and
make sure they are in a safe place where they will not rust and you know
where they will be for next year. Before winter arrives, you should always
repellent on slugs, slugs are just one of the worst bugs to have in your
garden. If you have a pool or a fountain in your garden, do not forget to take
any fish that you have in them and bring them inside. There is nothing
sadder than the fish frozen in a block of ice. |
posted by neptunus @ 6:16 AM
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