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As we get closer and closer to the winter season, we need to prepare our lawn for hibernation mode and get it ready for the spring. If you don’t know where to start, here are a few points to help you out.

In order to get them off to a good start next spring, move your most sensitive potted plants indoors or to a warm environment. Otherwise you may find that they failed to survive the harsh cold and you’ll have to reinvest for an entire new set of plants.

Look for your damaged or broken tree branches and trim them. Also trim the ones that are too close to the home. Failure to do so has the possibility of them coming down at the most inopportune time during a winter storm, possibly doing extensive damage to your car or home.

Seed the bare spots in your lawn. Give the seeds a chance to root themselves before the frost comes. After a period of hibernation, they’ll be climatized to your garden and can start to grow right away. They will also have strong roots and be ready to survive attacks from weeds and insects as the spring season begins. For a fast start you can use good quality best zoysia grass plugs or the best quality Scotts grass seed.

Do your last weeding for the year. The last thing you want do do is to let your weeds lay dormant in your garden over the winter months. If you do, you’ll be giving them a good head start over the rest of your plants come springtime. Weeds have a good enough advantage as it is. You don’t have to give them more.

Lastly, either cover the furniture in your garden area or place it in your garage or other storage area for the winter. Snow and cold have a bad habit of rusting garden furniture.

Learn more about Alex’s thoughts on fall cleanup and comparing hunter sprinkler heads from his site.

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