Common Mistakes When Preparing Your Garden For Winter

Hey Guys,
I hope everyone is doing well

This is the final piece of work that will bring this week's mini series to an end. This week we've been looking at how to prepare your garden for different times of the year.
As a fitting end to this mini-series, we've come full circle by taking another look at winter, but this time around, we're looking at some of the common mistakes when preparing your garden for winter.

So, let's dive right in:
Mistake One: Ripping Everything Out: Bear with me for a moment because this will take a second to sink in because as winter arrives and everything looks dead in your garden, it's a little messy, and I know how tempting it is to want to rip everything out of the ground so that everything looks fresh and clean for when the next growing season rolls around, but trust me, it's better to leave everything exactly where it is because the easiest way to to replant your garden with seeds from the year before is to do absolutely nothing! yeah.. that's right.. do nothing... let your plants go to seed, leave them alone all winter, they will drop their seeds or fruit right where they are and re-plant themselves the following spring.
Mistake Two: Not Draining Your Hoses And/or Drip Irrigation System: I spoke about this in the first piece of work I wrote about winter and I'm going to talk about it again because it's just that important! If not done right... this can be a costly mistake! If you leave your watering systems outside in winter.... there's potential for those systems to freeze and crack! With a little care... your watering systems can last for several years (saving you money in the process). Hoses have the potential to become brittle and hard to bend when they have been out in colder temperatures for a long time. All you need to do to take care of your hoses or drip irrigation system is to drain the water out of them at the end of the year, roll them up and put them somewhere safe out of the weather.
Mistake Three: Churning Or Tilling Your Garden:  This is actually very similar to the first mistake on this list and it's another thing to avoid when your growing season comes to and end. It's very tempting to rip everything out of the ground and churn or till the soil so that everything looks fresh, pretty and clean. But by doing this, especially so close to arrival of winter, you're putting your soil at risk of exposing all of the good stuff that your soil needs to thrive, to the harsh elements of winter which means they will be lost come spring.

This has been a quick look into three of the most common mistakes when preparing your garden for winter.
It's been really fun exploring all of this and sharing my newfound knowledge with you guys.

Thank you for reading
Until next time,
Kim