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Guest Post – Cold-weather Gardening Tips
This week I have a guest post which certainly relates to the here and now. It seems that autumn’s all about clearing, but some growing can be done to. Jackson Peters is a landscape designer and blogger who lives in Bangor, Maine with his French Bulldogs Runner and Chase. He focuses on modern landscape styles and green gardening, and he has a few tips if you want to grow plants around the year.
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With the aid of a bit of cover and a careful selection of seeds, it’s possible to grow vegetables and herbs all year round in the UK and other regions with varying seasons. Under cover, many plants like kale claytonia, lamb’s lettuce, carrots, and land cress and some herbs can persist throughout the autumn and winter months. There are many reasons why you should plant year round and during the winter in particular. Maintaining a garden during the colder months reduces the period of time when seeds have been sown in spring but little is ready to eat right away. What’s more, vitamins and minerals are harder to obtain in the winter, especially vitamin C—something that is definitely handy during cold and flu season.
Fresh organic produce and veggies such as radishes, salad leaves, parsley, and mint are also much more expensive in winter, therefore planting your own vegetables will save you money. In addition, the cool-weather season is an excellent time to create some DIY gardening devices like cold frames and raised beds, and it’s also an easier time for allergy sufferers to garden. I often suffer from seasonal allergic conjunctivitis, which makes it difficult for me to tend to my garden at times. However, after reading material from Acuvue about how to treat this eye allergy, I learned that the best times for me to be active in my garden were during the cooler months, therefore, I find it easier for me to plant in the fall and winter. Although gardening during the colder months may take more time and diligence than it does during the spring and summer seasons, it can still be done if you follow these tips.
How to Sustain Your Garden When Temperatures Fall
Caring for your plants and flowers is difficult enough, but it can be an even bigger problem when the colder weather hits. While it may seem like the gorgeous garden you’ve been cultivating and caring for throughout spring and summer is doomed come fall, there is still a lot of growth going on before the soil freezes. Freshly planted trees and shrubs, certain perennials, and strong bulbs continue to grow roots and are feed nutrients and moisture as earthworms and various microbes are still evident in the soil. Spreading new mulch to protect the soil and plants over the colder months and keeping the temperature of the soil even is significant to maintaining your garden. Remember to clear out blackened stems and foliage from annual flowers, plants, and vegetables to prevent them from storing disease pathogens and insect eggs over the winter. You can find all of your gardening supply needs on sites like Garden Supply Direct.
What to Plant and What to Avoid
Gardening throughout the chilly months can be accomplished depending on what you plant. Many vegetables and flowers, such as camelias, broccoli, chives, cabbage, and carrots can thrive when the temperature dips. These plants aren’t just good because they survive during the cooler months; they liven up your otherwise dead-looking landscape. While you can plant about anything, it’s important that you tend to your plants with more care during fall and winter. When it gets colder, certain plants should be dug up and replanted undercover and put a cold frame or some floating mulch over them. Undercover or indoors on a windowsill, you’re sure to have plants that thrive and grow.
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