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Preparing Your Garden for Winter

October 24, 2019

Many outdoor plants need or can benefit from some level of winter protection. Depending on the plant and the winter weather typical for your area there are varying things you can do to protect your plants.

Bushes covered up for the winter.

November 17, 2015

This is a page about protecting your garden from fall frost. When the weather turns cold you may want to cover some plants with mulch or covering to extend their production.

Protecting Your Garden from Fall Frost

September 16, 2014

This is a page about preparing container plants for winter. Containers provide less protection for your plants than if they were planted in the ground. The upside is that they are portable.

snow in flower pot

July 30, 2014

This is a page about preparing your yard for winter. Protecting anything that may be damaged by cold and moisture will assure that you can use these things next summer.

Winter Yard

October 11, 2011

What do I do about putting my rhubarb to bed for the winter? Do I cut it down or just leave it? Seems to me that in previous years I just left it, but I'm now being told that I should always cut it down.

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October 11, 20110 found this helpful

I am 71 years old and have never known anybody that did anything to their rhubarb to get it ready for winter. They have always had bumper crops of it too.

 
October 11, 20110 found this helpful

I am 71 years old and have never known anybody that did anything to their rhubarb to get it ready for winter. They have always had bumper crops of it too.

 
October 11, 20110 found this helpful

I'm sorry about all the replies to this, before I got to move on a toddler came up and started slapping on the mouse. Kids! lol

 

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October 14, 20110 found this helpful

Well I will reiterate what redhat said, oh, I guess I didn't need to! lol

 
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September 16, 2011

Preparing the garden for fall and winter is a routine task for me. About this time or when the first cool spell arrives I begin to prepare my winter protection of plants that won't take cold.

Winter protection framework against the side of the house.

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September 16, 2011

This is a page about preparing your pond for winter. It is important to properly prepare your pond for winter.

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If the water freezes without the proper precautions it can damage the pump, plants, and fish.

Preparing Your Pond For Winter, A koi pond with plants around the edge.

December 14, 2010

We brought our rain barrel indoors for the winter. Rather than let it sit idle, we placed it high on a sturdy table and hooked it up to receive the water that comes from our furnace.

 
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September 16, 2005

Now that summer is almost over. My grandchildren ask if they can put the garden to bed for the winter. We start when everything has died. It's very easy and the children love doing it, and they have fun.

 
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