Fall Is The Time To Prepare For Winter With Mulching And Pruning:

Here it is f and the garden is ready to snooze. Hold it, there is more work to be completed. Some mulching and some pruning. Those fen leaves and dying annu not for the trash but that organic mater is black gold for the garden.

A step that is both ordinarily and commonly neglected, to lay the garden to bed for the ter, is the addition of organic mar. More people should use organic mar in their beds rather than casting off their yard waste.See, this is right at our feet, yard waste. It has to be raked or mowed, so why not utilize it for Mother Nature's bket - mulch.

It is impossible to put too much organic mar into the l. F is a good time for many rons. One good ron is of the materi that want there for f, leaves and dying pts.

A good suggestion is piling up leaves, grass clippings and dead pts (those f from dise) and going over them with a mulching mower, then putting them into the garden bed. How much benefit can a few inches layered on garden beds rey help? A lot.

The very best thing a gardener can do to ber their l is add organic mar. It incres the water capacity and nutrient holding capacity of the l. It assists in making miner available for pts. While it accumulates, it binds clay particles into larger sums, improving aeration and drainage. And don't forget, gardening success always begins from the ground up.

Alright, so it seems many gardeners taking for grad the most important resource in the yard which is the l. Now where do we begin? Run over that grass and leaves with a mulching lawnmower is recommended. This l shred the mater into tiny pieces, and it can be left on as a top dressing. Put on two or th inches. If have mulch already down, rake that back, apply to the surface the shredded organic mar and then return the mulch on top.

Working with mulch

Some jobs done in the f l determine the success of the next gardening year. Mulching is one of these chores, particularly if have put new enni to the garden this f. To mulch or not to mulch is highly talked about. Many exts claim that if mulch too soon, it l cause new growth and give the pt a fified view of the true tematures. Other people say mulching is essent to ensure tenderness, and new enni provided a good foundation in which to root. One thing is for certain, just add mulch after have cled away any unwad waste from the base of the pt. It is o best to wait until the ground is frozen.

Garden advice when less than 5% of our ls composed of organic mar.
* Apply 25 to 50 pounds of compost 100 squ feet yearly.

Mulching over the ter works as an insulating bket, keeping the l from buckling from constant fze and thaw cycles. If pt enni this f without mulching, the bald l l thaw during the day and fze at night, producing movement that can heave sm pts up out of the l. The crown of the pt l be dried out and either be injured or die over the ter.

A concluding word on mulching, rose gardeners should not be in a big rush to mulch this f. Putting down a layer of mulch now l do more harm than good. F fzes l not hurt the roses, so it is best to wait a few weeks for the l to fze before putting down a layer of r ter mulch to any rose.

Prune or not to prune

Specified enni, such as peonies after their leaves have died, without a doubt need to be trimmed. The iris is o open to dises and rotting and is ber off if its leaves is trimmed back. The t peony, however, is somewhat like a deciduous shrub with a woody stalk and won't need to be trimmed, just fertilized around November and mulched for the onset of a cold ter.

A little bit of clean up and trimming should be evident, fruits and vegetables left deteriorating on the earth l only bring dise and rodents. Trimming enni that provide no ter appeal l lower the likelihood of pests, dise and other gardening troubles, and it l liven up the outdoor space by making clean lines and a clean slate for the spring.

You can always leave enni that have ter appeal, like sedum or black-eyed susan, and always leave ornamental grasses there until spring. Texture and multi-colors of tan, brown and rust can be just as important to the ter garden as the bloom colors to the garden of summer.

Pts, such as broad leaf evergns, like holly and azal, inclined to feel ter dryness and much ber left uncut.

So even if 've received kudos for the great color and design of r yard this son, we st need to clean up after the garden so that we ready to start again in the spring.