Prepare Your Garden for Winter
Here are some great tips for winterizing your garden from a master gardener. Take a look at the related videos for additional information about how to prepare your garden for winter.
Avoid Blisters When Raking Leaves
Do you get a blister on your hand when raking leaves? If so, try taping a piece of First Aid Cloth Tape on your hand where the blister forms before you put your gloves on.
Protect Plants With Mesh Trampoline
We had a few plants that had some veggies on them. Because of a lack of hot sun and the air cooling off, we talked of cleaning the garden up and digging everything under. Then our oldest son came over and said just put your trampoline over the plants.
Extending the Season-Preparing for Fall Frosts
Whether you grow vegetables or flowers, it is natural to want extend the growing season as long as possible. As fall arrives, set aside a few minutes for "frost preparedness".
I have a large agapantus planted in a container. I just took it to our basement. Can you tell me exactly how winterize it?
I have a Gerber daisy outdoors growing in my garden. Can I dig this daisy out and grow it in the house during the winter? I believe that this is a perennial.
Putting Rhubarb to Bed for Winter
What do I do about putting my rhubarb to bed for the winter? Do I cut it down or just leave it? Seems to me that in previous years I just left it, but I'm now being told that I should always cut it down.
When putting garden tools away for the winter, I was told to put either baby oil or Vaseline on the metal parts to prevent rusting.
What can I plant now?
Preparing Your Garden for Winter
This is a guide about preparing your garden for winter. When summer winds down into fall it is time to start thinking about putting your garden to bed for the winter.
Winter Protection for Maple Trees
I live in central New Jersey. How do I protect my baby maple trees from our winters before I plant them in the spring?
Preparing Your Garden for Winter
Preparing the garden for fall and winter is a routine task for me. About this time or when the first cool spell arrives I begin to prepare my winter protection of plants that won't take cold.
Our English garden in Summer.
Garden: Preparing Flower Pots for Winter
I love my flower and vegetable pots. As I've gotten older, growing my favorites in pots helps make gardening easier and lower maintenance. I like to buy used and even damaged pots at garage sales, cheap, and restore them with glue, paint, and TLC.
A Word About The Texas Drought
The city of Houston just put everyone on restrictions concerning watering outdoor plants. Mine are all potted patio plants. The rule is twice a week depending upon whether you are on the even or odd side of the street.
This is one of my favourite fall garden pictures. I've used this and a couple of other garden views as computer wallpaper all winter. They've perked me up on those snowy days!
My favorite tree peonies are the stars of our patio in spring. They blend with weigela, autumn joy just emerging, and the cheerful pinks.
I have a little container garden and planted seeds in 6 containers. To mark my veggies, I used Popsicle sticks and just put the letter of the veggie planted. You can use both ends, if you want to change your choice of veggies for the next year, also.
Power Washer for Spring Yard Cleanup
Make spring clean up a breeze! Rent a 2800 psi power washer for 1/2 a day. Use it to blow leaves and debris out of flower beds without damage or raking! Blow it into the yard and then mulch it up with your mower.
Pouches for Starting Seeds Indoors
To plant seeds and not take up a lot of space, use vinyl pouches and hang them on your windows with suction cups and water them with a turkey baster. This works well in a window that gets a lot of warm southern exposure light.
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Don't Mistake Your Seedlings for "Weedlings"
It's a universal experience among gardeners, especially in the spring-yanking out a weed only to find out later it was really a "wanted". Weeds will do whatever it takes to survive, even disguising themselves as other plants.
Conserve Water With A Snow Fence
If you live in an area with harsh winters, strong winds and steady snowfall can create a lot of drifting snow. Believe it or not, this presents you with a great opportunity to conserve water.
Methods For Protecting Roses In Winter
If you garden in a colder zone, you need to offer your roses at least some degree of protection in the winter. Most winter damage to roses is caused by frost heave (damage to the roots) or is the result of sun scald and drying winter winds (damage to the canes).
Using a cold frame is a great way to protect your plants from cold damage during the transition months on either side of the growing season. A homemade cold frame can work just as effectively as a commercial model, and you can build one yourself for a lot less money.
