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Gardening in December
Admin • May 31, 2019
Finding Peace In December Gardening ~
The holiday season brings both joy and stress. The joyful anticipation of family festivities and the stress of packed parking lots and hoards of shoppers. But – if you can find a moment to yourself – there’s peace to be found in gardening.
There are a surprising number of December tasks in the garden that will give you a head start on a lovely spring landscape.
The Last of the Leaves
Even if you’re certain you’ve raked the last leaf on your lawn, your neighbors may not have been so vigilant. High winds can actually keep leaves in the picture all winter. Leaves which pile up on the lawn can harm your grass, and wet leaves on walkways can be a safety hazard. One place you’ll want to leave them though is in your flower beds and under shrubs – there they decompose and act as mulch and over time turn in to compost.
Still Time for Bulbs
We addressed bulb planting in a recent article
and as long as your beds aren’t frozen solid, there’s still time to get them in the ground. You can find them deeply discounted in the stores this time of year, and it’s the one place in the store you won’t be fighting crowds to get to something. Once in the ground, just cover with a 3- to 4-inch-thick layer of mulch to keep them warm while they settle in.
Bring in the Herbs
If you have an herb garden, there’s no reason to give up that supply of fresh herbs over the winter. Gently dig the herbs from your garden and transplant them into clay pots on a cool, bright windowsill. Take care not to over water them and you’ll be able to pinch off what you need all winter.
Keep Mulching
The mulch you put down earlier this year has probably turned mostly to compost by now. Adding more to your gardens now will help keep your tender perennials warm enough to come back strong in the spring.
Prune Perennials and Trim Trees
Pruning your perennials now will save time in the spring. Once the green is gone, your plant’s roots have already stocked up on the energy they need to weather the winter. Removing the brown and yellowed remains not only gives your garden a well kept look through winter, but the leaves and twigs you leave on the soil – under your mulch – are instant compost.
You don’t want to do any heavy pruning this time of year, but it’s important to remove any dead or diseased branches. Thick dead limbs become a hazard in the snow and ice. When either snow or ice pile up on a dead or weak limb, it’s likely to break off – becoming a dangerous overhead hazard. It’s not at all uncommon for these heavy dead limbs to damage cars and roofs, and can even land on an unfortunate passerby. Not being proactive in removing those hazardous limbs becomes a liability to you as the homeowner.
Edge Those Garden Beds
The tidy edging you enjoyed earlier in the year has most likely lost it’s crisp edge by now. Redefining those edges now will ensure that the job is done before the rainy season that hits soon after the cold snap has broken.
Seeding Winter Color
There are a surprising number of cool-season crops and flowers that actually thrive in winter. The easiest among them is lettuce – you can literally toss the seeds into flower bed snow drifts, and let nature do the rest for you. Sweet peas are another fun winter edible, while not as simple as throwing lettuce seeds into the snow, they’re not at all difficult push into the soil as long as it hasn’t frozen. When you crave a salad after all those heavy holiday meals all you need to do is walk out your door. For a little more color you can look to pansy, viola, bachelor’s buttons and several others.
Tackle Those Perennial Weeds
Perennial lawn and garden weeds never give up. If they’re in your landscape now they will still be there in spring. While they do survive, their root systems are weakened by the cold weather so it’s the perfect time to take advantage of that weakness. One trick to bringing the roots up with the weed is to use needle nose pliers. Push them down into the soil around the weed an inch or two, grasp the roots and pull. It won’t work every time, but it’s worth it when it does.
When it’s Time to Call in a Professional
If you love your lawn and gardens but working in them is not your idea of peaceful, call your landscaper. It’s especially wise to count on a professional where tree limbs are concerned. Some of the most dangerous limbs are high up in the tree, so it’s hard for you to tell when one is dead. A professional has both the experience and the equipment to get the job done right and safely.
Probably not with silver bells and cockleshells*, considering there aren’t any sandy beaches in central Kentucky 😉
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If you’ve been waiting for the perfect time to start your garden, this is it. It’s time to start seeds indoors so they’ll be ready to plant outside when spring begins in earnest. It’s a fun project to get you through the late winter period that’s really all about waiting for spring to finally come calling.
With this record setting cold, central Kentucky is experiencing what’s known as a ‘hard freeze.’ But what exactly defines a hard freeze? –
here’s plenty of time before spring comes a long, but it’s always fun to look through magazines like Southern Living at the beautiful gardens and landscapes featured there. They’re always lush and thriving, often filled with unique plants and flowers you may have never seen before. But before you start pining for that unusual flora, there are several factors to consider if you want to be successful in having the gardens of your dream. The four most important are sun, soil, water and zone – these factors are the key to having that green thumb. Unfortunately, you can’t count on a plant’s label to give you the whole story, it’s a generalization at best.
Happy New Year! With the beginning of 2019 here upon us, it’s time to start preparing your landscape to look its best in the spring. While it is easy to hide away from the cold winter weather here in central Kentucky, be sure to spend some time in January and February knocking out some simple yard work- beyond taking down the decorations you put up for the holiday season. Not sure where to start? Here are a few helpful suggestions:
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