Give Old Man Frost the cold shoulder.
You might think getting your lawn and garden ready for winter is as simple as Robert Frost's line to his apple trees: "Good-by, and keep cold." But not if you want them to be their healthiest come spring. In many parts of the country, now — that is, before it gets too chilly — is prime time to tend to your landscape so it will shine the rest of the year. Here's what the experts advise to make your plants the envy of the neighborhood:
10 steps to wintering your lawn
- Feed that lawn
- Repair summer's damage.
- Don't put away the hose.
- Go easy on the pruning.
- Don't tuck in the vegetable garden
- Cover that plot.
- Transplant away!
- Mulch around the trees
- Think spring.
- Renew the mulch in flower beds
Today organic lawn care treatment has gained popularity and acceptance because of the ‘eco-friendly green movement’ as well as because of the inherent benefits that stem from organic lawn care. Maybe organic fertilizers are a bit slow-acting, but they have a surer way of acting more beneficently. Today more and more people are switching over to organic lawn care. There are so many benefits—to the grass, to the soil, to the humans and pets and to environment that organic manure automatically scores over the chemical fertilizers. But before doing the switching, it is best to get rid of all the weeds, pests and other problems in your lawn.