Putting your Garden to Sleep for the Winter

Now that we've had several hard frosts it's time to put your garden to sleep for a long nap. As a rule of thumb all planting beds should be mulched for the winter. If they are beds with woody ornamentals then 2 to 3 inches of bark mulch will do the trick. Pine needles also can be used too! Mulch saves the purpose of conserving soil moisture and helps protect the plant roots from thawing and freezing action. [more]