The winter forecast for much of the United States is looking especially grim this year. Therefore, gardeners everywhere are acting a lot like old Saint Nick. We’re making a list and checking it twice to make sure that our favorite plants are not left out in the cold. Gardeners with limited space indoors and too many finicky plants may even find themselves considering the good and bad elements. We’re quick to reward the nice ones by bringing them in and we punish the naughtier (thornier) specimens who enjoy stabbing random passersby by letting them take their chances outside. However, if you’re trying to save all your plants, fear not! For behold, I bring you tidings of great winter gardening tips! Read More
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Winter Gardening – When the Cold Winds Blow
It happens every year. The leaves begin to fall off the trees. One or two at first, then they come down so fast that you’re left with a large pile of them cluttering up the yard. If that wasn’t bad enough, then the mercury starts creeping southward until one day it refuses to budge above freezing. Hopefully by this point, gardeners have evacuated their yards of any tropical plants and mulched any frost sensitive specimens that were scheduled to remain outside. Of course, there’s plenty of things that gardeners can do to improve their garden plants’ survival rate through the bitterly cold winter months. Read More