Weather - Winter Gardening

Winter is an important period in the gardening season, more so than you’d think. While winter is in full swing, compost is continuing to decompose and get ready for use for the spring. Additionally, winter is a great time to grow cover crops which will help improve the soil for the next season.

Plants for your Winter Garden

Preparing your Garden for Winter

When autumn nights start to get cold, it’s time to prepare your garden for winter. Winterizing not only makes your garden look better during the cold weather months, but will make for easier work in the spring and will protect less hardy plants from the cold. Start closing your garden down when there is frost in the forecast or the temperature consistently starts to drop to the low 40’s or mid-30’s (Fahrenheit), usually around late October or November.

Winterizing Tips

	Walk around your garden and take note of what plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees were successful during the spring and summer season. You'll want to remove the ones that did not grow and clean the area for new bulbs.
	Plant spring-blooming bulbs such as tulips and daffodils.
	Rake Leaves and dispose of them.
	Besides preparing your garden to sleep for the winter, it is a good idea to care for your gardening tools too before laying them aside.
	You want to consider fertilizing and reseeding your lawn twice before the winter.