how do you put a garden to bed in the fall?

Answer 1

Dig and store tender summer bulbs... Gladiolus, Dahlias, Cannas... indoors.

Cut back perennials. Trim off frost killed or dried foliage. Leave some stems with dried seeds (for the birds) on Coneflower and Black-eyed Susan.

Hoe weeds. After several hard freezes you can add a 3 inch layer of mulch around your plants (just don't smother them). You can lay evergreen boughs over top of the plants as well.

In the late fall, tender roses will need special winter protection in zones 5 & lower.

Run your leaves over with your lawn mower, suck them up & add to the compost pile or spread over your garden.

Good luck!! Hope this is helpful.

Answer 2

I have red wigglers in my garden that I need to put in storage boxes and bring in from the freeze. I feed them scrap vegetables during the winter.

Then I pull out all the dried leaves and debris and rake. I will add more soil to next years garden.

Happy fall.

Answer 3

In the Midwest: Pull out any dead plants and large debris. Cover bed with layers of leaf mulch.

Answer 4

We just did are garden.We pulled out all the plants and made a compose pile way in the back of are yard and threw all the dead plants on it then we rake it.