5 tips for preparing your garden for winter | Gardening 101 | Gardening Australia

Jane likes to be ‘in the moment’ while she’s pottering in the garden, but sometimes you do need to think ahead and plan for the seasons to come. Subscribe 🔔 Autumn is a good time to prepare your garden for winter, especially in cold climates where the weather is more severe. Planning ahead will also help prepare your garden to be up-and-growing when spring hits. 1. Tidy up Get on top of any garden pests and diseases, and get on top of any invasive weeds, which will be easier to pull up now the soil is wetter. Remove any diseased plants, fruit and leaves from fruit trees and roses, but don’t put this in the home compost – put them in the bin. Clean up garden beds Crops that have gone to seed are fine to go in the compost. Don’t forget to add any fallen leaves from deciduous trees into the compost, too. TIP: Collect ripe seed to sow again next season. Simply put the seed heads into a paper bag, wait for the seed to