Easy Prep Now = Great Spring Garden // Get Your Vegetable Garden Ready For Winter Weather

In this video I'll show you two ways to winterize your vegetable garden depending on what climate zone you're in.
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Hey Guys, I’m Brian from Next Level Gardening

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[georgiamama]

I leave the thick leaf pile. from the trees on top of my beds.

[Eric-gikg]

The title had me in stitches.
My ground and all raised beds are frozen..😂😂
Did my winter prep 1st week of October.
We've had a total 8 inches of snow and temperatures down in the teens

[joycebovee]

For the warm season bed, what did you do with the straw once you removed it from the bed?

[DianneDeWalle]

Sorry I by accident pushed not like....I so appreciate you...especially when you include zone 5 as well as your own zone...thk you!

[tobruz]

Zone 6 in Canada, lots of snow. I prep my beds then cover with black landscaping fabric this protects the soil but allows water and air to penetrate, keeps the squirrels off and warms the soil in the spring.

[slomo]

Looks like an absolutely GORGEOUS DAY in your neck of the woods today!! Great advice - THANKS BRIAN!

[SuneKelly]

Good morning from South Africa. We just want to wish you and your family a lovely Christmas and an exciting new year. Love from the Kelly family.

[patkrueger]

I live in Pennsylvania so i put my beds to bed. I put leaves on my beds and the surrounding ground. Thanks for this info

[michaelfujii]

Harvesting is ultimately a subtractive process/activity. One of the losses to the soil mass in the garden is the plants and/or parts of plants we remove. This might be part of the loss of mass from garden soil.

[alysonbaker]

Great information. I like this chop and drop. Too late for this year but definitely a must next year. Thank you. I’m zone 3, morphing into zone 4

[mr.tidygarden]

Great info here amigo. Damien from Ireland

[jackzampella]

I put all my beds to sleep for the winter last week, the 3rd week of November here in New Jersey. A few handfuls of bone meal, blood meal and green sand. Then covered with water permeable weed block then cardboard. Night time temps expected to be in the mid 20's next week. I'll enjoy the winter respite. 😴 ☺

[jackijax]

I saved all my leaves for the first time. Spread them out over this 25ish by 3ish foot area where there’s a cinder block wall two blocks high along a fence. There’s a lot of sand in it, but there’s a lot of areas where there needs to be about 6-12 inches of fill in soil. So I’ve just been putting the leaves all in there. I don’t have a leaf mulcher or lawn mower, so not sure how long it will take to break down. I also filled 2 raised beds with leaves & finally got these horrendous oleanders chopped down to open up that area. But the one area is absolutely perfect to plant in, once I can fill it up & get it plantable.
I have no idea what else to put in there because it’s so long of an area & I’d like it ready for spring.
I put cardboard on top. We don’t get much rain. I’m in CA in the Bay Area.

Any suggestions or recommendations?

I’m kinda flying by the seat of my pants. Lol

[fionaharvey]

Lovely video! You have certainly done a lot of research! I love Brian your confidence about the milking I can’t wait to see that video! Knowing you you probably will be good at it! Have a good Christmas best wishes from N Ireland! ☘️ 🎄

[coryheckler]

Thanks again, Brian!
I will use your tips!

[akbennett]

Hi! In one of your vids you mention getting a couple of rabbits and that they sometimes fight. They will need to be desexed and bonded in order to be fully capable of living together safely long term.

[patriciayoung]

Brilliant! Loving your videos. Very helpful. Thank you. Much appreciated 🙏 🌻

[MissWoggy]

I’ve seen others say that you shouldn’t put compost down in winter because it will loose its nutrients before spring. I live in zone 8b. We get some freezing weather but not a lot. What’s your thoughts on that and what should I do with my raised bed? It’s a Vego 17”. Really love your videos, thanks for helping.😊

[hyacinthABC]

I'm in a warm zone - when you pull the summer mulch off what can you do with it - put it in a working compost pile? My plants were not diseased so I thought it would be ok to reuse with fresh mulch added. Where I have a bit of powdery mildew on fall harvest I don't know what to do with that mulch.

[theresapruitt]

I love your videos. And always try and follow your advice. I am checking to see if you have made a video on growing cucumbers?