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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
By sooz
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.
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.
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
Well I will reiterate what redhat said, oh, I guess I didn't need to! lol
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.
This is a page about preparing your pond for winter. It is important to properly prepare your pond for winter.
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.
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.