As the outdoor temperatures start to cool and the energies turn again with renewed interest to tidying up your lawn and garden areas, it can be helpful to make your to-do list with the aid of some handy fall landscaping tips for your Main Line garden.
Houselogic.com says, “Fall landscaping chores are your last chance to prepare your property for winter, and to protect that curb appeal you’ve worked so hard to create. So pull on some gloves, grab your tools, and get ready to mulch, prune, and plant before snow and frozen ground turn the lights out on your landscaping.”
- Put out some fresh mulch – autumn is a great time of year to do mulching in your lawn and garden, and its benefits are much more than aesthetic. A layer of several inches of mulch helps protect roots from freezing and holds in valuable moisture during cold and dry winter weather.
- Spruce up with pruning – While fall is not the right time of year for serious pruning, your landscape appearance can improve considerably with a light trimming of spent blooms on shrubs and grasses, removing dead annuals and pruning tea roses back after the first frost.
- Wrap up fragile plants – winter takes a toll on delicate trees, shrubs and plants, so a valuable fall landscaping tip for your Main Line garden involves protecting these garden treasures from potential damage from severely cold weather.
- Plant new trees and shrubs – Autumn is a great time of year to plant saplings and shrubs, since the cooler temperatures and typically moister conditions put less stress on the young plants, enabling them to adapt more quickly to their new environment. And late season sales make this a cost-efficient way to incorporate more value and interest into your landscape!
So make use of these and many other landscaping tips for your Main Line garden, and use the cooler months to work toward the immediate and future well-being of your flourishing landscape!
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