How to Improve Your Garden in the Winter

Now that it is wintertime, a great thing to do is check out your local family farms, gardening centers, and nurseries.

First, support them by buying their products if they are open in their ‘off’ season.

Then see if they have any classes teaching you how to be better gardeners. My favorite place in the Massachusetts – New Hampshire area is the Lake Street Garden Center in Salem NH. They are very knowledgeable and deliver a wealth of information to help you be better at gardening and, in turn, making your garden fabulous! Check them out at lakestreet.com.

I love going there in the winter. As you enter you smell that nice earthy aroma…It makes you feel like it is springtime already.

If you have a family farm, nursery, or garden center, get some great ideas at SuperStarGardening.com.

Discover New Ways to Improve How Your Garden Grows

How to stimulate your mind to be more creative for your garden. The best way that I know to do this is by checking around at your local garden nurseries, garden centers, or greenhouses.

Just wandering around through the plants to see what is available locally is fantastic. This way you can directly ask the staff any questions about the needs of the plants you like best to see if the plants will be a good fit for you and your garden.

BUT...an even better way is to find out if these places offer lectures, workshops, special speakers, etc. This way they will introduce you to plants that you may have never thought of using. Most of the time they will give you all the pros and cons of each plant and its relatives. This way you may find out that the one plant which does not seem to do well for you has a relative that suits your garden situation much better; a happy plant will grow and prosper very well and live a much longer life (if it is not an annual) for you.

The majority of lectures are free. The workshops' fees are usually to cover the cost of the materials.

I find it has been very beneficial to me. It keeps you up on the most recent discoveries with plants, pest control, new products, and so much more. Along the way you meet wonderful folks to share your learning experience with you.

My favorite garden center, Lake Street Garden Center in Salem NH, is not very close to me, but I definitely find the little trip is well worth it for such valuable information and ideas.

Check around your area to see what might be available for you!