14 winter-preparation tips for your lawn and garden
A little attention to your garden in the autumn and early winter can make it look great the rest of the year. Now is the time to get mulching.
1. Feed that lawn
2. Repair summer’s damage
3. Don’t put away the hose
4. Go easy on the pruning
5. Don’t give up on the vegetable garden yet
6. Cover that plot
7. Transplant away
8. Mulch, part I
9. Making the (flower) beds
10. Mulch, part II
11. Clean the pond
12. Put your fish on a diet
13. Check pond equipment
14. Think spring
Another tip: Now is a good time to go shopping for plants. I suggest buying perennials that are in bloom now, so you know what they’ll look like later. That could mean hearty perennials like yarrow and asters. Check the RHS’s Plant Hardiness Zone Map to see what will thrive in your part of the country.Finally, It’s also a good time to take stock of what plants did well and what plants didn’t. Forewarned is forearmed and this applies to gardeners and indeed anyone doing anything of value.
