How to Prepare Your Garden for Cold

The latest news from FineGardening.com - September 14, 2018 [View in Browser]( [Fine Gardening]( [Garden Tip for the Weekend]( [Putting Your Borders to Bed]( "As much as I love gardening, I must admit that I look forward to putting my garden to bed at the end of the season. In the same way my plants need a rest, I like my own dormancy period, which allows me the time to get cozy, hunker down, and neglect my unrealistic winter to-do list. When spring arrives, I will kick myself for not having picked up the book I meant to read, painted the guest bedroom, or finished the scarf that will now have to be next year’s Christmas present to my sister. But the one thing I won’t regret is the time I took in the fall to ready my garden for winter and to get a jump start on spring chores." [Read More]( [pinterest]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [Garden for Wildlife]( [Making Leaf Mold]( "As a graduate student, I once rented a house and was delighted to discover, tucked into the edge of some woods along the back of the yard, a gold mine: a large, old pile of leaf mold, or composted leaves, representing years and years of accumulated leaves that had been raked from the property and piled there." [pinterest]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [Sustainable Landscape Quiz]( [Improve Your Soil by Raking Less]( "If you dread the annual fall leaf-raking marathon, I have good news for you: Raking and collecting leaves every autumn is a tradition without scientific basis. Research has proven that mowing leaves into your lawn can improve its vigor, and observation shows that unraked leaves in planting beds don’t smother shade-tolerant perennials." [pinterest]( [facebook]( [twitter]( [Happy Gardens]( [Fine Gardening]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [SUBSCRIBE]( [pinterest]( [instagram]( [facebook]( [fgtwitter]( [fgyoutube]( [THE TAUNTON PRESS]( | [CUSTOMER SERVICE]( | [PRIVACY POLICY]( [SEND TO A FRIEND]( 63 South Main Street | Newtown, CT 06470 You received this message because you are a Taunton customer or have registered at Taunton.com. This email was sent to you by The Taunton Press. [Click here]( to update your email preferences.