Episode 10: Preparing Your Garden for Winter
In this episode of Victory Garden for ME, learn about how to build and manage a compost pile, sheet mulching techniques to establish new garden beds, planting a fall cover crop or mulching your garden to prevent soil erosion, reconditioning your garden tools at the end of the season, and more!
Resources:
- Consider donating excess produce: Visit Maine Harvest for Hunger webpage
- How Compost Happens, Bulletin #1159
- Home Composting, Bulletin #1143
- Sheet mulching and lasagna composting with cardboard, OSU Extension
- Maine Soil Testing Service
- Guidelines for Using Manure on Vegetable Gardens, Bulletin #2510
- Cover Cropping for Success, Bulletin #1170
- Getting Your Garden Tools Ready for the Season, Maine Home Garden News
- How to Clean and Sharpen Your Pruners, UNH
- Keeping a Garden Record, Maine Home Garden News
- Growing Garlic in Maine, Bulletin #2063
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