Spring is coming! The days are getting longer, the sun is shining a little brighter, and plants are sprouting up all around us. If you’re someone with a green thumb or just wanting to try your hand at wanting to grow some of your own food, now is the time to start getting your garden ready for spring. So what’s involved in getting a garden ready for spring? There are several things you need to do when preparing for this gardening season. Let’s go through each one individually.
Check For Any Damage From The Winter
If you’ve been doing a lot of winter gardening, chances are that you’ll be checking the garden from top to bottom. Winter can do a number on a yard and it’s important to see if there was any damage done during the winter months.One thing to check for is dead or dying plants. If they seem okay, then you won’t be doing anything with them.
If there are several plants that look to have died or are dying, you’ll need to remove the plant, as well as any roots around it, so it doesn’t spread diseases to your other plants. Another thing to check for is rust on your tools. Rust can do some serious damage if not treated properly. Make sure to clean up all your tools before you pull them out for the next season so they don’t start rusting.
Rack Up Any Dead Leaves In The Garden
After checking the garden for any damage, it’s time to rack up all of your dead leaves. If you have a leaf rake in your garage or shed, this is a perfect time to use it. Take a walk around the garden and start racking up all that dead foliage in a pile. Once you have an ample amount of leaves in one area, you can go ahead and start racking up the leaves into a pile. Make sure that the leaf pile is far away from your other plants to avoid getting any diseases spread around.
Pull All The Weeds
Weeds are a pain, and a whole garden full of weeds is even more of a pain. So one of the first thing you want to do when getting your garden ready for spring is making sure there aren’t any weeds growing in it. This means going through each inch of dirt to make sure that none of those pesky plants have sprouted up overnight.
If you spot even one weed, pull it up immediately to be sure you get them all. Sometimes you might miss a few here and there that pop up after you’ve done your initial weeding, but this still means that there were some weeds growing in the first place. So stay diligent and make sure to pull every last weed so none take over your garden.