When it comes to fall and getting ready for winter, there are plenty of things that you want to prioritize to properly prepare.

This is especially true when you are looking to prepare your garden.

Below, we will be going over some of the top tips that you shouldn’t skip.

Tips For Gardening and Fall Cleanup

Leave Wildlife-Friendly Plants Up and Standing

One of the main things that you are going to want to do when you are in the process of cleaning up and preparing for the winter is to be sure that you are leaving up plants that look good for animals and insects that you will want to encourage. While you cannot always choose which insects enjoy the plants, you can save what looks good to you and the birds as long as possible. This will allow you to be able to maintain a healthier garden throughout the colder months.

Compost all Debris

Another tip that you are going to want to utilize and implement is to destroy and remove the debris. When you are cutting back and raking, you will want to focus primarily on the things that are ailing. For instance, if you are dealing with plants with specific issues, you want to destroy the debris by cutting them back. This will allow you to get rid of and keep diseases from becoming a mainstay in your garden. By cleaning up the plants completely, removing infected roots, you should be able to effectively increase the chances of getting rid of the problems before they become larger.

Gather Leaves

When it comes to taking care of your garden throughout the winter months, you will want to try to save as many leaves as possible. By doing this, you are going to be able to have a better time composting and the ability to keep your garden as healthy as possible over the winter. In order to shred, you might want to run over leaf piles with your lawn mower and then rake the shredded remains into one big pile.

Weed, Weed, Weed

When it comes to maintaining a healthy garden throughout the colder months, you are mainly going to want to focus on weeding. Besides cleaning up everything around the diseased plants, you are going to want to weed consistently. This is something that you must do consistently or else weeds can become a very big problem.

Overall, there is a lot that you are going to want to do when it comes to preparing for winter.

 

By following the tips above, you should be able to adequately prepare your plants and everything else.

Be sure to be consistent with your garden care throughout these months because what you do during these months can impact your in-season results. Therefore, you want to be consistent in pulling and getting rid of weeds throughout the fall and winter and you want to form a good compost to keep your plants and soil as healthy as possible.