Winter is coming… which means that it’s time to protect your landscape from the cold before it’s to late. Here are the steps you need to take to see your garden survive through the winter.
First line of defense: bring potted plants indoors, covering outdoor plants that won’t be able
to stand the cold, and mulch anything you care about.
to stand the cold, and mulch anything you care about.
The type of mulch you choose is basically an aesthetic choice. Mulch is basically anything that holds in moisture that isn’t a rock, so the type doesn’t really matter. If you’re interested and knowledgeable about the chemistry of soil components, anything you put down as mulch will eventually break down and become a component in your soil, so if that interests you it’s something to think about. Otherwis,e it’s not what you put down, it’s how you do it.
MULCH SHOULD NOT TOUCH YOUR PLANT! This can encourage disease and is counterintuitive to the entire point of mulching. Make a two inch ring around your plant
clear of mulch.
MULCH SHOULD BE LAYED IN A THICK LAYER! About two inches thick. I mean it when I give you that measurement. Get a ruler, and measure out two inches of mulch, I’m not joking.
Mulching isn’t a hard thing to do. It may end up being a little tedious but it’s mostly just specific.
If you have bulbs that will survive in the ground through the winter months mulch over the
entirety of the area. This will keep your bulbs protected from the cold and help them survive until the summer.
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