As you pull in your harvest, you don’t necessarily have to bid your garden adieu for the winter. Of course, where you live may restrict your growing (not much grows in snow). For many of us, we can have fresh herbs and produce year round.
- Some vegetables that grow well in fall and winter are spinach, beets, carrots, and even broccoli.
- Familiarize yourself with your hardiness zone. This will help you determine just what to grow this fall and winter.
- Planting in raised beds improves drainage and allows the soil to warm up more quickly.
- If you use a lot of containers for your herbs, bring them inside and sit them them in a south facing window.
- For areas with temperatures that hover around 35 to 40 degrees during the winter, you might want to take Sea’s advice and build a cold frame box. This glass lidded strucure creates a mini greenhouse for your garden.
Even if you can’t grow produce, there are plenty of other ways to prepare your garden for spring.
- Continue to add to your compost pile and make sure to keep it aerated.
- If you are able, plant some clover, rye or vetch in your garden to add some organic material to the soil.
- Add corn gluten meal in mid-February to prevent weeds from sprouting.
Source obtained from www.greendaily.com
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