Even though it's cold and wet outside, there's still plenty to do in the garden. Here you can find out what gardening is particularly important in winter.
There is a lot to do in winter
Many hobby gardeners mistakenly think that there is no more gardening to be done in winter. After all, trees and bushes were cut back in autumn, all frost-sensitive plants were well protected and the preparatory work required for spring (e.g. planting flower bulbs) was done. But far from it - even in winter there is a lot to do in the garden. Here are our tips and tricks to ensure that your garden plants get through the winter well.
Gardening in winter - 4 tips
Tip 1 - Remove snow load
On some winter days, enormous snowfall must be expected. Many plants are in danger of breaking under the weight of snow, which is why they have to be freed from it.
However, this procedure must be carried out with absolute caution so that branches and twigs of e.g. evergreen shrubs do not break. Ideally, you should shake the plants very lightly, if at all. Otherwise, you can sweep away the snow load with a small hand broom or with large plants with a normal broom.
Tip 2 - Reduce watering of potted plants
If the winter is very dry, potted plants urgently need to be watered a little (reduced watering), otherwise they could dry out . This includes, above all, the plants that you have housed in the house to protect against frost. However, you should completely avoid adding fertilizer to potted plants during the winter phase.
Tip 3 - Felling trees
If trees have to be felled in the garden, this should only be done in winter. Then there will be no more juice in the trees and all the leaves will have fallen off.
In this way you can also process the felled trees into valuable firewood. After processing, you have to stack the firewood for one to two years to dry in order to achieve maximum calorific value.
Tip 4 - decorative winter bloomers
You should also think about how you can decorate your garden withdecorative winter flowers. However, this must be done in the spring. These include Christmas roses, snowdrops, crocuses, witch hazel, winter jasmine and numerous evergreen plants such as boxwood, ivy and conifers.
However, these winter bloomers have to get a little attention in winter. For example, you should carefully sweep away the snow load on Christmas roses so that the blossoms do not snap off. With winter jasmine (climbing plant), you may also have to tie branches to climbing aids.