If your are trying to deny that winter is about to arrive, keep as a reminder that you are not the only one to be afraid; your garden is too. Even if you want to wrap yourself in a blanket and do not set foot outside for the next few months, you must think of your garden that will spend its winter in the cold under the snow.
Before the temperature drops too much, there are some small maintenance tasks to do in your garden so that it is well prepared to face the winter.
4. Weeds
Do not wait until spring to remove all weeds, do it now while the weather permits. This will save you from work to the arrival of spring.
3. Your soil needs air and mulch to survive.
Aerate your soil from 15 to 20 cm, but avoid approaching your perennials that will not appreciate the attention. To prevent weeds from regrowing too quickly. Put about:
- 1,5 inch of mulch thickness on your perennials and annuals
- 3 inch thick around the trees.
2. For flowerbeds
- You can plant spring bulbs right now.
- If it does not rain much, you need to water your trees and shrubs every week.
- Use the collected leaves by scraping the ground to protect the tree roots.
1. For your garden
- Protect the roots with mulch or dead leaves as soon as the soil freezes.
- Put a white geotextile over your plants, but do not touch the leaves or damage them.
- As soon as the leaves of your shrubs have fallen, tie them together with a rope.
- Coat your trees with plastic sheaths to protect them.
Sources :
- Reader’s Digest
- Canal Vie
- Jardinons
