How to Winterize Your Yard in a Day

If you want to have a beautiful yard next spring then you need to spend a nice fall day winterizing your yard now. By taking just one day to complete these easy winterizing steps you can ensure a healthy yard come springtime. So grab your work gloves and lets get to it.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Lawn Mower
• Garden Sheers
• Rake
• Trash bags
• Mulch

1. The first step is raking up all those leaves that have fallen from your trees. Rake and bag the leaves. If you have a compost pile you may want to add some of the leaves to compost.

2. Now that the leaves are raked up you should mow your lawn one last time for the season.

3. After mowing the yard you will need to use your garden sheers to trim back any bushes, shrubs, or perennial flowers.

4. Remove any dead flowers from your flower beds and place mulch around your perennial flowers.

5. If you have a irrigation system in your yard or flower beds you will need to disconnect it so it will not freeze during the winter. Make sure you contact a professional to do this if needed.

6. And the final step to winterizing your yard is unhooking all of your garden hoses and putting away all of your gardening tools.

Tips & Warnings

• Take the time now to ensure you have a beautiful yard later.