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Preparing your garden for winter is an essential process that ensures that your garden will be ready for spring and that your green space will remain healthy during the cold months.
By following a few key steps, such as cleaning, protecting plants from frost, and maintaining the soil, you can ensure your garden’s durability and beauty throughout the winter. Discover practical tips for transforming your garden into a healthy, thriving winter haven.
Waste disposal and garden clean-up
The first step towards a well-prepared winter garden is to clear the way. Before the cold weather arrives, remove the dead trees and plantsas well as broken branches and dead leaves. Not only do these debris clutter the soil, they can also harbor pests. A clean garden is the basis of successful maintenance.
Weeding and preparing the vegetable garden
It is crucial to rid the garden of weeds before winter. Careful weeding limits competition between residual plants and guarantees better growing conditions for future crops. At the same time, harvest your last autumn vegetables to prevent them from rotting on the spot.
Protecting frost-sensitive plants
When temperatures drop, it is essential to protect your plants the most fragile. Use mulch to protect roots and the lower parts of shrubs. You can also surround your plants with wintering sails or protective cloches for additional thermal insulation.
Soil improvement and maintenance
Before it freezes, the soil must be decompacted using a grelinette to improve its structure. Then apply a generous layer of mulch to act as a natural cover, preserving moisture and regulating underground temperature. This step also encourages the development of micro-organisms essential to the soil’s biological cycle.
Pruning and trimming trees
Don’t wait for winter to set in prune your trees and shrubs. Thoughtful pruning not only gives your plants a harmonious shape, but also removes diseased or dead parts, preventing the spread of disease.
Sowing and planting: the right timing
Planning the winter vegetable garden requires good timing. Visit sowing and planting must be carried out early enough to enable young plants to take root before the first frosts. Winter lettuces, spinach and broad beans are perfectly suited to winter cultivation. Make sure your soil is well prepared to guarantee their success.
Tidying up and final checks
Finally, don’t neglect the storage of your gardening tools and materials. Clean and sharpen them to prevent damage. Take a look around your garden to stake your plants and check the general condition of structures such as greenhouses and shelters, which need to be reinforced before winter storms.
