Now that it’s chillier, it’s unlikely that you will be spending much time outdoors. Before you can go and hibernate inside though, there are a few things that you must take care of like your garden furniture and plants. I have teamed up with a garden storage supplier in London to create a set of tips for preparing your garden for winter that will ensure that you have a beautiful garden to look forward to once the season’s over. If you’d like to know how to achieve this with minimal effort, keep reading.
Have a Tidy Up
To make it easier on yourself for the coming months, it’s a good idea to tidy away any clutter. Not only will it protect objects like tin watering cans from the elements, but it will also ensure that there are fewer hazards lying around. When the snow starts to fall, you might want to get outside with your children and have some fun. Large objects can easily be disguised under a sheet of snow and potentially be dangerous. The same goes for debris. Clearing it now will give you a fresh landscape for when spring arrives.
If you have lots of trees dropping their leaves into your garden, then use a leaf blower like the Worx leaf vacuum to make clean up a breeze.
Leaf Mould and Organic Matter
When you’re having your clean up, instead of throwing away bits of debris like leaf mould that you’ve gathered, you can create your own mulch. All you need to do is place a plant pot over the top and let nature do its thing. This can then be recycled and used to protect your garden over the course of the winter.
Protect Your Garden Furniture
Garden furniture, as you would imagine, is robust and hard-wearing. The material that you go for will inevitably affect this. Generally speaking, wood is good, and plastic is the best as it takes a longer time to degrade. However, all garden furniture isn’t made equally with pieces from some manufacturers being cheaply made. As it isn’t cheap, we recommend covering it as wood can warp. You can either do this by placing a protective cover on top or by moving them into a sheltered area like a garden shed.
Apply Mulch to Your Soil or Compost
Going back to mulch, it’s the term for loose coverings that you can apply over bare soil or compost. It helps to keep the soil warm and moist – something which you want in winter to stop your soil from freezing over.
Planting
If you can’t keep away and want to do some gardening, there are plants that you can start to prune in January. You can harvest:
- Brussels sprouts
- Spring green cabbage
- Savoy cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Kale
- Parsnips
- Swedes
Repair Work
In the winter, plants like the rhubarb plant retreat and become dormant which makes it the perfect time to have a nose around your garden for any damages to walls, fencing etc.
Indoor Planting
If you want to get ahead for the next season, indoor planting is something to consider. You can grow seedlings or cuttings in your home and repot in the garden when the time arrives.
