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When winterizing your garden, you will also want to take the time to plan next year's vegetable garden. After ridding your vegetable garden plot of debris, old leaves and roots, plan where you want to put next year's vegetables. Take a pad with you out to the garden and make a sketch of where you want to put all your lovely vegetable plants in the spring. Doing this helps you make the most use of your garden area. No space goes unused if you take the time to plan'which means more delicious vegetables for you next summer and fall!
You'll also want to be sure you've taken proper care to winterize your garden equipment and tools. Drain the gas from your lawnmower's tank, weed eater and other garden equipment. You may also want to put the battery from the lawnmower and any other garden equipment into storage where it will remain at a steady, above-freezing temperature. This will help lengthen the life of the battery, which is good, because there's nothing worse than getting ready or needing to mow only to find your lawnmower battery is dead.
Take the time to put your tools and gardening utensils away for their long winter's nap too. Make sure they're stored where mice can't nibble on the handles (they like all kinds of wood, you know). Also make sure they're all cleaned before you store them away. And yes, please throw away any tools that are worn out and replace them or start dropping hints to your family and friends about tools and equipment you need for gardening. This not only gives your family ideas for holiday gifts, it ensures that you won't be all excited and ready to start next year's gardening only to have tools breaking on you left and right, leaving you frustrated and having to make extra trips to the local home improvement store.
Now that your garden tools are ready for winter, the next step in winterizing your garden is to hit the local bookstores (or favorite online gardening site!). Yes, you read that correctly. Once the work of winterizing your garden's behind you, it's time to curl up on the sofa in front of the fire with a lovely stack of gardening books beside you. Because the only thing that comes close to bringing you the same enjoyment that being in your garden does is being engrossed in a great book about gardening!
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