Shabby Chic Boho Keeping your garden in tip-top shape is certainly important to do and to keep on top of throughout the year. It’s not just the peak months of summer where your garden matters, but the rest of the year too.
If you’re looking to maintain your garden year-round, then here are some regular tasks to perform, as well as key touch points to address as each season goes by.
Hopefully, you’ll be able to get more out of your garden this year than usual.
Regular tasks worth doing throughout the year
Let’s start with the regular tasks that you’ll want to keep up with throughout the year. This includes things like mulching, mowing, and preventing pests from taking over your outdoor space.
Watering
Water deeply, especially when it comes to dry spells where your plants and flowers might not be getting a lot of moisture. Watering early in the morning or late in the evening will also help when it comes to reducing evaporation.
Weeding
Weeds can be an eyesore on your property and something you want to address regularly or whenever they rear their ugly heads again.
It may be worth putting down some chemical weed killer in order to try and kill the weeds off completely.
Mowing
While it can often be a time-consuming task, mowing your lawn is something that can be helpful when it comes to keeping it looking its best. Keeping it a little longer can help with shading the soil and reducing evaporation. By taking good care of your lawn, it’s likely to be in better shape as a result.
Mulching
Applying mulch to your beds and borders is helpful when needing to retain moisture and suppress weeds from coming up again.
Mulch is also useful for enriching the soil over time, so it’s definitely worthwhile doing your research on how mulch can benefit your garden.
Pest and disease control
Pests can be a problem for a lot of homeowners and their gardens, so it’s a good idea to look at preventative methods that will help in tackling the issues at hand.
Always be mindful of anything you use for pest control, especially when you have little ones and pets running around outside.
What to do during the summer
With the summer, you’re going to get a lot of sunshine, which means dry spells that can dry out a lot of your plants as a result.
With that in mind, you should be watering your garden consistently, focusing on plants and flowers in particular that are getting a lot of exposure to the sun and therefore a lot of heat that dries up the flower beds.
Increase your watering frequency to every other day, depending on how much sunshine you are getting daily.
It’s beneficial to take a look at all the flowers and plants within your garden to see which ones are looking healthy and which might need to be cut. Removing spent blooms will only help to encourage more flowers to grow.
Again, during this time of year, monitoring for pests is always important because this is the time that they’ll likely be out and about, and on your plants in particular.
With summer, it also calls for more frequent mowing of your lawn. With a lot of sunshine, everything tends to grow a lot quicker, and therefore, you might find yourself needing to mow the grass a lot more frequently than not. Professional tree trimming services are also something to consider when plants and shrubs become overgrown and need addressing.
Everything to do during the fall
The fall is when most things start to create a mess within the garden, and so a lot of maintenance is likely to be needed to keep up with the garden’s appearance.
Leaves are likely to be falling into your garden from trees and other shrubs, so it’s worth clearing up any fallen leaves, making use of them for compost or mulch. Trimming back perennial plants is also helpful for maintaining a well-organized backyard.
Finally, make sure you’re enriching the soil so that it prepares it for winter and the next growing season to come. Adding compost or manure is a great way to prep the soil. You should also look to winterize plants if you haven’t already. Some plants might not survive the winter if exposed, so covering them up might be necessary.
Tackling the winter months
Clearing debris is a good way to help clear your path of anything that might be a tripping hazard or a danger to you. Continue to clear this debris, especially during the winter when bad bouts of weather can often lead to more dangerous environments and debris being blown over.
Other parts of the garden will also need your attention, like sheds, fencing, and decking. Some may need more maintenance and upkeep than others, so it’s good to be mindful of what needs your attention first and foremost.
Consider using durable and weather-proof paints when updating these areas of the garden. Ask for advice from the experts or get them out when there are problems with your fencing or decking that need a repair job or fix doing to it.
Planning is something you should also be doing in the winter months, too. Planning out and sketching your garden layout, if you fancy a change, is something you can then execute during the spring months.
Maintaining your garden throughout the year will often feel like a lot of work, but if you’re proactive in your efforts and do regular tasks, then you’ll cause yourself a lot less work in general.
There are many benefits to maintaining your garden, but for the most part, it helps create an outdoor space that’s functional and useful for all of your household to use to their advantage. Whether you enjoy hosting friends or want to update your garden space for outdoor living, be sure to use these tips to help maintain your garden and keep it in top condition all year round.
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