Timely Tips for Getting Your Garden Ready for Winter
Article by: Yvonne Cunnington
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Instead of playing catch-up and fixing winter's damage, you'll be out gardening , Parsley: A Cook's Best Friend and enjoying your yard , Hibiscus - Tropical Beauty as soon as the first spring , Peonies 'Krinkled White' and 'Vivid Rose' bulbs come up. A final garden , Create the Perfect Patio: Finding Great Furniture cleanup is the first priority, so here's a checklist for the fall , A Look at Flower Bulbs jobs to do around the yard , Patio Awnings Add Space to Your Living Area and flower garden. , Wrought Iron Benches
To do: Around the yard , Hummingbirds
Attracting Those Little Flying Powerhouses and flowerbeds
- Until the ground freezes hard, continue to water , For Lighting Fixtures and Landscape Lighting Get Solar Power Installed woody plants, , Patio Covers especially trees , For Lighting Fixtures and Landscape Lighting Get Solar Power Installed and shrubs , Hibiscus - Tropical Beauty just planted this season , Parsley: A Cook's Best Friend and all evergreens. Evergreens especially need a good store of moisture , Hummingbirds
Attracting Those Little Flying Powerhouses going into winter , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva because they don't lose their leaves, which means they continue to transpire (give off water , Orchids: A Luxurious Look That's Really Not Hard To Achieve vapor) through the cold , Dream Yard months.
- This is a good time to transplant shrubs , Growing Great Potatoes or small trees , Orchids: A Luxurious Look That's Really Not Hard To Achieve that you have earmarked for relocation. Do this job when the leaves turn color , Hummingbirds
Attracting Those Little Flying Powerhouses and begin to fall. , Gardening for Seniors and the Physically Challenged
- In most regions, autumn , Snow Blowers is also an ideal time to plant , Peonies 'Krinkled White' and 'Vivid Rose' new trees , Constructing a Rock Garden and shrubs, , Landscaping - Maintaining A Landscaped Garden as there's still time for woody plants , Create the Perfect Patio: Finding Great Furniture to make good root , Dog Days of Summer growth.
- Put plastic , Hibiscus - Tropical Beauty or wire mesh tree , For Lighting Fixtures and Landscape Lighting Get Solar Power Installed guards around the slender trunks of any new trees , Kirengeshoma palmata and shrubs , The Guide to Cloudy Pool Water to protect them from gnawing animals such as rabbits and mice. Make sure tree , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva guards reach high enough, over the snow , The Gazebo Spa: One of 5 Creative Ways to Use Your Garden Gazebo line.
- Don't cut roses , Maintaining Your Landscaped Yard back now - wait until early spring. , Feng Shui Interprets Your Garden Features Hill up hybrid tea roses , Patio Heaters: A Way To A Comfortable Outdoor Gatherings with soil , Constructing a Rock Garden for winter , Hibiscus - Tropical Beauty protection if necessary.
- Pull out frost-killed annuals, , Garden Statuary - Time for a Fresh New Look and plant , Gardening Supplies remains from the vegetable garden, , ing Basics: Inspecting Your Soil and add spent plant , Gift Ideas for Bird Lovers material to your compost , Patio Covers heap or home , Gardening for Seniors and the Physically Challenged compost unit.
- Whether you cut down dying perennial , Store Your Outdoor Furnishings to Make Them Last foliage or not when you're getting the garden , Feeding the Hummingbirds ready for winter , Feeding the Hummingbirds is up to you. Some gardeners like to leave seed , Orchids: A Luxurious Look That's Really Not Hard To Achieve heads and dried foliage for winter , Patio Covers interest and to feed birds, , Don't Roll that Lawn while others prefer to leave neat beds , Hibiscus - Tropical Beauty ready for a show of spring-flowering bulbs. , Feng Shui Interprets Your Garden Features But remember: whatever you clean up now, you don't have to worry about in the spring. , Maintaining Your Landscaped Yard
- Do one last weeding of your flowerbeds, and discard any weeds , Gardening for Seniors and the Physically Challenged with seeds , Step by Step 'Leaf' Stepping Stones in the garbage instead of the compost. , Wood Fences: Installing Wood Fences for the Homeowner You don't want those pesky seeds , Create the Perfect Patio: Finding Great Furniture sprouting in your garden , Patio Heaters: A Way To A Comfortable Outdoor Gatherings next spring. , Lawn and Garden Care - Simple Tips For Success
- Consider shredding leaves and using them as winter , The Gazebo Spa: One of 5 Creative Ways to Use Your Garden Gazebo mulch on flowerbeds. You can also add shredded leaves to the compost , Discover the Single Most Important Trick to Overwintering Pond Fish pile. In a season , Teak Planters - Accent Your Outdoor Space with One or so, they'll make compost, , Patio Heaters: A Way To A Comfortable Outdoor Gatherings the best organic , Constructing a Garden Path treat your garden , For Lighting Fixtures and Landscape Lighting Get Solar Power Installed soil can get. (Use a chipper shredder, , This Is How You Grow Sprouts if you have one, or just run your lawn , Dream Yard mower over leaves.)
To do: Last-minute lawn , Patio Accessories Complete The Great Outdoors care
- Rake fall , Peonies 'Krinkled White' and 'Vivid Rose' leaves off your lawn. , Don't Roll that Leaving them on will smother the grass. , Discover the Single Most Important Trick to Overwintering Pond Fish
- If you spray your lawn , Pest Control and Mosquito Larva to kill weeds, , Cymbidiums Orchid Plants - What You Need To Grow Successfully the month of October is about the most effective time for this job.
- Apply winterizing lawn , Growing Great Potatoes fertilizer.
- Do a final grass , Gardening Basics: Inspecting Your Soil cutting. Long grass , Cymbidiums Orchid Plants - What You Need To Grow Successfully encourages low-temperature fungi.
- Why not get your mower , Store Your Outdoor Furnishings to Make Them Last serviced and its blade sharpened in late fall , Gardening Supplies so it will be ready for you in the spring?
Now you can put your feet up and relax, sure in the knowledge that your garden , Orchids: A Luxurious Look That's Really Not Hard To Achieve is all snug for its winter , Kirengeshoma palmata nap.Garden writer, photographer and lecturer Yvonne Cunnington gardens , Constructing a Rock on a country acreage, where she has plenty of space to try out the new plants , Pond Construction and garden , Choose the Right Outdoor Bench that Suits Both You and Your design ideas that she writes about. She is the author of a book for beginner gardeners, Clueless in the Garden: A Guide for the Horticulturally Helpless. For more gardening , Feeding the Hummingbirds tips, visit her website, http://www.flower-gardening-made-easy.com |
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