https://modernfarmer.com/2021/12/how-to-prepare-your-garden-for-winter/ Farm. Food. Life. Tue, 14 May 2024 13:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://modernfarmer.com/2021/12/how-to-prepare-your-garden-for-winter/#comment-39746 Thu, 09 Dec 2021 13:36:41 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=144838#comment-39746 Just like pruning shrubs, take the opportunity to remove dead/sick tree limbs. Chip these branches into your beds to prevent erosion and once temps warm up in the Spring, sow directly into the decomposing chips. The slight heat being emitted from decomposition will incubate your seeds until it’s time to sprout!

]]> https://modernfarmer.com/2021/12/how-to-prepare-your-garden-for-winter/#comment-39723 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 23:44:17 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=144838#comment-39723 Nothing said about cover crops!

]]> https://modernfarmer.com/2021/12/how-to-prepare-your-garden-for-winter/#comment-39719 Mon, 06 Dec 2021 19:44:10 +0000 https://modernfarmer.com/?p=144838#comment-39719 I was surprised and upset to see a (stock) photo of red mulch (labeled on the bag) in your section above on winter preparation. The dye in red mulch leaches into the soil, along with other possible toxic contaminants, with serious possibilities for harming organisms. Certainly only clean natural mulch should be used?!

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