Winter is nearly upon us. The days have gotten shorter and the wind has gotten chillier. You have worked hard on your garden the whole year to keep all the trees, plants, flowers and shrubs healthy and blooming. But as the air loses humidity and the temperatures drop, you start noticing that the perennials in your garden are fading and dropping leaves. Will your beautiful garden survive the winter?
Although the cold weather brings with it an inevitable decrease in garden activity, there are still ways to ensure that your garden survives the frozen soil and frigid temperatures of winter. Here is how to prepare your garden for winter.
Perennials
Unlike annual plants, perennial plants grow back year after year. Perennials are similar to bears. They hibernate in the winter and wake up in the spring, fresh and brighter than ever. When it comes to winter preparations, it’s important to know that cold weather affects each perennial differently. But typically, perennial plants are the easiest to prepare for winter. They simply require a little pruning and mulching and they are all set for winter. However, perennial plants that are sensitive to cold weather require a bit more maintenance.
Annuals
Annual plants generally bloom for a season before dying. Generally, gardeners discard annuals during fall and simply get new ones in spring. However, it’s possible to dig out your annuals and store them for replanting in the spring. To do this, you need to first get rid of the dead tops and remove any loose soil and feeder roots from the corms. After they have been dug out, put the plants in open-weave sacks and store them in a dark, cool area. If you intend to bring fully grown annual plants inside for the winter, it’s important that you do it several weeks before the frost arrives.
Prepare Your Soil for spring
Most people don’t know this, but you can prepare your soil for the spring during the winter. Soil amendments such as manure, compost, bone meal and rock phosphate have more time to break down and enrich your soil if they are added in winter. Once the soil amendments have been added, you can protect them from winter rain and frost by covering up the beds with plastic sheets. Preparing your soil in winter also means that you won’t have to do any soil work in the spring as the soil will be ready for planting.
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