When summer says its farewell, autumn gives people a new breath of fresh air. Autumn allows gardeners to extend the growing season and boost their yield. Paying attention to a few simple tips can keep your garden growing strong even in the cold weather.

Who Says You Can’t Plant For a Bountiful Fall Harvest?

With the start of autumn, comes a new gardening season. This is most rewarding, particularly when planting cold-tolerant vegetables such as kale, spinach, carrots, and radishes. Such vigorous crops will keep on growing and produce fresh crops during the winter, adding flavor and nutrition to your meals. Generally, for planting, look at the veggies that have large leaves—those with taproots, cruciferous, and herbs like chives, parsley, and coriander. 

These varieties grow in cooler climates and help better your food experience. The first rule of farming is to sow most crops 6-8 weeks before the first frost of the fall season. Being very sensitive to the climate it is always wise to work on your available time as per the climatic conditions and it is always advisable to consult a local garden expert. Low maintenance outdoor plants are the ideal plants for your fall garden.

Maintenance and Cleanup in Fall Gardening

During fall, it is very important to follow the fall garden prep to ready your garden for the harsh winter months. Remove old plants in the garden to prevent disease and pests from settling in the area. You should add these materials to your compost pile for use later in enriching the soil. To prepare your garden for winter, do a light pruning of perennials, flowers, shrubs, and trees to remove parts that are diseased or rotting. Cut off dead flower heads, and take out all the infected or injured tree or shrub branches as a way of pruning. If you want to repot a plant then it might be the best time for that.

Avoid exposing your plants to freezing conditions by again using a mulch around them to conserve soil moisture and heat. Sow seeds on top of soil and then spread manure, straw, or wood chips over the entire area. If there is frost around, cover such plants with burlap or row covers to protect the plants from the frost. If you follow these recommendations, the winter will not harm your plantings and your garden will wake up to a new life in the spring. If you have houseplants then you should know how to fertilize your houseplants to make them grow better!

How To Protect Your Garden From Frost

When the frost comes in the winter, you may notice that plants have been damaged. Frost damages or even kills plants, so you should do something to prevent it from causing harm to your garden. Most plants can be protected by moving large frost-protective tarps, blankets, pieces of plywood, straw, leaves, or grass clippings over plants to create a layer of insulation that will capture the heat and will not allow the air to freeze. Apply organic matter around plants to protect the soil and root system and water plants before they are frosted. The moist soil helps retain heat as compared to dry soil which will favor cold climates.

Preparing Your Soils For Winter

It is important for gardening preparation to properly enrich the garden soil during the current season for the next growing season. Manure or compost is used to improve the nature of the soil type it is used in, enhance the moisture content, and increase fertility. This ends up feeding your winter crops and primes your garden for growth come springtime. 

Weeding, removing dead plants, and scraping off debris are some of the preparation practices that should be done before planting. Aeration of the soil removes compaction while determining and regulating the pH allows the best conditions for growth. By following these simple procedures and actions, you will be providing a favorable ground for the growth of your plants, thus improving the productivity of your garden the moment spring comes.

Benefits of Fall Gardening

Fall gardening offers numerous benefits. You'll enjoy:

•⁠  ⁠A longer growing season

•⁠  ⁠Fresh production throughout the winter

•⁠  ⁠Improved soil health

•⁠  ⁠Enhanced garden beauty

•⁠  ⁠Reduced gardening tasks in spring

Autumn is one of the best times during the year when you can plan for preparing your garden for the coming winter. If you cultivate cool-season plants, prepare the beds, and protect them from frost, you will properly prepare for your garden in spring. Such maintenance will pay off first, in the season of growth, and will provide a healthy and pretty garden, full of flowers in the coming spring season. As the Christmas season approaches people usually search for good Christmas trees for their homes and some want to plant their own in their gardens, for that springtime is the best time for planting.

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