Tips to Prepare Your Garden for Winter- Trim & divide perennials as growth slow
- Plant evergreens
- Bring in houseplants
- Fertilize & aerate lawns
- Keep evergreens & shrubs watered well
- Prepare & seed new lawns
- Dig, dry & store summer bulbs
- Clean out vegetable gardens, add summer's compost & dig in
- Plant spring bulbs
| - Rake leaves, mulch them and compost
- Mulch tender perennials
- Protect young trees & shrubs from rodents
- Hill up rose bushes with soil
- Sever large tree roots that are invading gardens
- Loosely wrap burlap around pyramidal evergreens & rhododendrons
- Drain hoses & winterize garden equipment
- Bring in firewood
- Install outdoor seasonal lighting
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