Preparing Your Garden Beds for Fall

• August 8, 2022
• posted by: greenhaven
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Walrath Explains How to Prepare Garden Beds for Fall

Preparing your garden beds for fall can sometimes be a foreign concept. The Great Pacific Northwest is full of garden enthusiasts who grow bountiful gardens each year. All spring and summer, you will find bountiful gardens of plush blooms and overflowing produce crops. These gardens show up even on the rooftops and side streets of large cities in this area full of amateur and professional growers.

For most of the gardeners in the PNW, it all begins in early Spring. What many people do not know is that you can do a lot of the work in the fall to enjoy even more benefits in the springtime.

Why Prep Your Garden Beds in the Fall?

Each spring, countless gardeners begin the task of cleaning up beds, removing old plants, roots and debris. What most gardeners do not know is that they can prep their garden beds in the fall.

Not only does fall prep help to distribute the workload of garden maintenance, but it can also provide a healthier biome for your soil. The healthier soil leads to healthier plants and better

harvests. If you soil has time to develop and grow its micro-environment, it has potential to be even more nutritious for your plants. You want to feed your plants with the most nutritious sources so that it can feed you nutritiously in return.

Beginning Your Fall Garden Prep:

Soil

No matter if you are growing flowers or produce, the same general rules and applications apply. If you are building beds to use in the new year, you will want to start with soil selection. After you have your beds built, you’ll need to fill them! Check out our selection of soils to choose which one to use in your garden beds. You can’t go wrong no matter which one you go with.

If you already have beds that have worked through the seasons, you’ll want to start by getting out all the old roots, old plants and other debris from the year. If you haven’t already harvested the last of the fruits or vegetables from your plants, now is the time! Enjoy the bounties of your labor with one final harvest.

Amending the Soil

Once you have a nice, clean soil base to work with, you will want to amend the soil. Amending the soil refers to anything you do to improve drainage, composition and fertilizers in the soil to start the process of creating a healthy environment for your flowers and produce for the coming year. It’s important to prep your soil with amendments so that it has the best possible start. Check out our available soil amendments here.

Mulch

Once you have your soil amended and full of nutrients with our special blends, you will want to lock in that feeding with some mulch. We have a great selection of mulches that you can check out here. No matter if you want a fine grade, chunky effect or somewhere in between, you’ll love the look of a garden with the fine detail of some good mulch.

Not only will mulch help your garden look aesthetically amazing, it will also help to lock in the nutrients you just added when you amended the soil. Mulch is like a comfy blanket you lay over your gardens to protect and nurture the micro-environment you have created.

Pro Tip for Fall Gardening

If you love to grow flowers, you can plant some flower bulbs in your soil at this point. If you take the time to plant bulbs in the fall, you can enjoy a sea of tulips, daffodils, crocus and more by the time the spring comes back around.