Preparing your garden for winter starts before the fall season ends. Fall garden clean up becomes a treat for spring gardening instead of a chore. Bugs love moisture, and they lay eggs under organic debris, which can become a crisis come springtime. When you have cleaned your garden just before winter, your plants grow without …
If you live in an area anywhere that gets cold weather, usually in northern states, you’ll want to prepare your lawn for the winter months. You spend much of your time maintaining your yard so that it looks pristine in the summer. Why not save as much as you can by preparing your lawn for …
Living in the UK has probably made you extra aware of just how much changes as fall turns to winter and snow covers the ground. A particularly cold winter can be damaging to a garden you’ve worked all year to cultivate and tend to, as frost can cause the water in plant cells to actually freeze and …
You must treat your garden furniture with TLC to keep it in tip-top shape, especially after a Vancouver winter. Even premium softwood furniture made from pressure-treated timber needs care if you want it to enjoy the longest possible life. Give your outdoor wooden furniture the best possible outcome from a long, hard winter by keeping …
Some people believe that when the weather starts getting colder and the leaves start to fall, it is time to put away the gardening tools and wait until next spring to work on their garden again. Wrong. Winter is an important time to maintain your garden’s health and assure yourself a good crop for next …
Summer has yet to finish, but it is still as good a time as any to start planning for when winter comes around. There are a lot of things you must do, if you use a greenhouse, to get it reedy for the harsher, colder and shorter days. Regardless of whether you are considering on …
The majority of pool owners resorts to winterizing their pools over the winter. It makes sense, since keeping a pool open if you’re not using it is just a waste of money and can be pretty tedious, as you would still need to keep your water quality. However, now that the worst of the winter …
Canadian winter is one of the most severe winters not only in North America, but globally. With the help of value added services such as the installation of standard insulation to keep you warm, the long and severe Canadian winter should be less of a problem for you. The following is a list of some …
When it comes to getting your garden ready for the cold weather, there can be several factors to consider. As such, contending with the potential threats that can find their way into the garden during winter can cause us some concern, especially if we’ve invested a lot of time during the spring and summer. Fortunately, …
As the winter months creep ever closer, the need to get your garden ready for the chilly weather comes with it. Although there are many horticultural tasks you cannot undertake in winter, here are some from homeware and garden equipment retailer Andrew James, which are a necessity. Winter Veggies Any seasoned gardener knows, that sowing …
