How to Properly Prepare Your Garden for Winter

It’s all too easy to cozy up indoors and let the garden sit until spring, but now is the time to ensure there will be a bumper crop next season.

The pros and cons of tilling a garden depend on the soil. alicja neumiler/Shutterstock

As the growing season comes to an end, it’s time to put the garden to bed properly for winter and, more importantly, next spring. If at all possible, choose a sunny, dry day and work from mid-morning to afternoon because wet weather and morning dew can help spread disease spores throughout the garden.

Plus, footsteps will compress the soil, and muddy conditions result in dirty garden gloves and boots.