Tips For Starting A Winter Garden And Decorating With Lemax.

Many families want to start gardens to be more self-sufficient. They enjoy growing fresh fruits and vegetables during the spring and summer to eat more healthily. They often become discouraged when the first frost is about to strike, because they believe that they need to stop growing their own food and be dependent on grocery stores again. Fortunately, you can still have a garden in the winter if you follow these steps.
Choose a Good Place to Plant
You need to be particularly careful about how you plant your seeds in the winter. Your seeds will need plenty of heat and sunlight to sprout. They will also need better quality soil, because there won’t be as many insects to help increase nutrient levels. Here are some things that you will want to consider:
You obviously don’t want to be growing vegetables if you are in an area with lots of snow (although some mature perennials will survive just fine). Make sure that you use a greenhouse if you live in a region where you expect it to snow.
You will want to use organic soil. It can be good to use something that has manure and compost that contains a blend of perlite, compost and sphagnum peat.
Choose a location that will receive at least six hours of sunlight around the year.
Make sure that your plants will be somewhere that gets plenty of heat year round. It can be good to place them near the ducts in your house so that they will receive any heat that leaves.
Most creatures that will eat your vegetables will have migrated or hibernated for the winter, but you should still try to deter them from coming to your garden. It is always a good idea to keep your bird feeding station away from your plants.
Make sure there is plenty of drainage in case there is a heavy rain. Using a raised bed with wooden sides can be a good way to protect them if there is a lot of precipitation. You may also want to reinforce them with glass, fiberglass or polyethylene.
Growing vegetables in the dead of winter can be difficult. However, your chances of producing a great harvest will increase significantly if you follow these steps.
Choose Perennial Plants
You will need to choose plants that grow well during the winter. Here are some seeds that you may want to plant:
Carrots
Brocolli
Spinach
Cabbage
Onions
Turnip
Kale
Peas
Cauliflower
Leeks
Rutabaga
These plants tend to grow well year round and often thrive in the winter. However, you will want to know what variety of plants you are growing before you plant them, because some versions of these vegetables will grow better earlier in the year. You will want to read the seed packet for instructions.
After your garden is thriving during the winter you’ll most likely want to decorate your garden and home with holiday accessories. There are Lemax Christmas village accessories and more available on Mill Race Garden Centre. Be proud of your winter garden and celebrate by adding fun accessories.
Susan is a writer who is hoping her garden will thrive during the winter. Afterwards she plans on decorating her garden and home for the holidays.