Don’t Forget to Keep Gardening During Colder Months, Here’s Why
With mother nature summoning the colder temperatures this time of year, you may be inclined to pack in the gardening tools and store them in that shed you won’t visit for at least a few more months. Until the weather starts to get warm again, you may be thinking to toss in the rag and call it a year for your gardening.
Springtime is the most popular season for blooming gardens, revamping the yard to vivid colors and a beautiful landscape remodeling. Read more about how you can harvest a surplus of vegetables and plant flowers to keep your garden as fresh as the Virginia fall air, even when the temperature drops to a consistent crispness.
Planting Is for Perennials
You put so much care and effort into your well-groomed and well-nurtured landscape, why should it be put to a halt when there is a shift in temperatures? The fall season calls for not only a warm-colored assortment of autumn leaves, but it brings about an ideal temperature for planting the beloved and durable fall perennials.
Perennials, with their lovely array of colors, can keep your garden lasting substantially longer in a blossoming brightness suited for the fall. Perennials have a solid reputation of withstanding harsh weather and lasting roughly two years, keeping you and your neighbors enjoying the view year-round.
We recommend getting started on fall perennial planting early this season to ensure you have a colorful garden in the months to follow. Fall perennials with larger root balls typically have a better time surviving the cold months and transform your garden into an eye-catching fall enigma.
A few of our favorite perennials to plant during this time of the year are the vibrant peonies, flourishing hostas and the golden goldenrods. Make sure you water these perennials weekly, with one inch of water coupled with our liquid plant food. Watering the perennials before the grounds freeze will help increase their survival rate exponentially during cold weather.
Using Winter Plants for Spring Blooming
Fall perennials help with the brightness of your garden, but I’m sure they’d get a little lonely being the only plants. The best remedy to combat fall perennial loneliness is to begin planting vegetables and spring bulbs for blooming in the spring.
Our chrome-plated garden trowel will allow you to harvest vegetables easily and efficiently to ensure your garden is best equipped for spring blossoming. While deer tend to satiate their appetite with a selection of spring flowers, this list of bulbs are sure to be safe from deer hunger.
- Alliums
- Daffodils
- Hyacinths
- Snowdrops
The best and most effective time to plant these bulbs are during the fall months as they require a period of dormancy during the cooler months. After they are dormant, they will begin to blossom beautifully and colorfully when spring rolls around.
Time for Planting Vegetables
Not only can your garden thrive visually in the fall and into the spring months, but it can reap nutritionally beneficial for you. Vegetable plants tend to be harvested during the colder months further extending the harvest period of your garden.
The fall season is a good time to plant a number of vegetables because they, as well as the perennials and spring bulbs, thrive in cooler months. During the fall, Virginia soil is still warm enough to cultivate vegetable roots and moist enough to help maintain them. Using our organic seed starting mix, your garden is bound to build a surplus of both well-grown and delicious vegetables.
According to an article by Better Homes & Gardens, here is a list of vegetables that are the most popular during the cooler months.
- Radishes
- Kale
- Spinach
- Lettuce
- Cabbage
- Brussel sprouts
Keeping Care of Sensitive Plants
While the seasonal change can call for a change in plants, it is important to take the proper steps to keep your current plants well-cared for to avoid their complete decimation. At Pleasant’s, we offer a selection of plant blankets for your plants that aren’t quite used to the colder months. Our Easy Gardener Frost & Seed Blanket is made of porous material that helps protect your plants from birds, insects and, most importantly, frost during the season. Our plant blanket will keep your garden well-protected from the colder elements, keeping it beautiful all year long.
Fall weather and cooler temperatures are upon us. The sun is bright and the landscapes are thriving with color. Now that you know how to extend your harvesting period and keep your garden prosperous during the seasons, check us out to find the best products to maintain your fall plants.