Late Fall Garden Tasks You Need To Do Fall Garden Tips Before Winter The Fairytale House

🪴 Before winter sets in, Linda shares the late fall garden tasks you need to do to keep your garden healthy, beautiful, and ready for spring. 🌿 From planting leftover bulbs and tidying up window boxes to composting annuals and protecting seedlings, this episode is filled with essential fall garden tips for every home gardener.

In this cozy Wednesday Walkabout, Linda preps her Oklahoma garden for Thanksgiving, reflects on the beauty of leaf drop season, and shows how fallen leaves can be nature’s mulch. You’ll see how to reuse soil, overwinter Larkspur and Columbine, and prepare perennials for colder days ahead — all while enjoying the last bits of autumn color. 🍁

What you’ll learn in this episode:
🌸 How to plant bulbs before winter (they’ll bloom beautifully in spring!)

🍂 Why fallen leaves make the best mulch for protecting seedlings

🪴 How to compost old annuals and reuse potting soil

🌿 The right way to overwinter pansies, boxwood, and hellebores

💡 Simple end-of-season garden cleanup tips you can do today
Linda also shares her gratitude for the garden and the season — reminding us that even as we say goodbye to fall, new life is already quietly beginning beneath the soil.
✨ From our grateful home to yours — Happy Thanksgiving!

🕒 Chapters
00:00 Last-minute garden prep before Thanksgiving
00:35 Tidying urns and hellebores
01:10 Leaf cleanup & natural mulching
02:10 Fall nostalgia & childhood memories
03:00 Protecting seedlings for winter
04:15 Rearranging boxwoods & fall structure
05:20 Cutting greenery for winter decor
06:10 Composting and reusing soil
08:20 End-of-season tidy-up & planning for spring
09:50 Salvaging mums & replanting perennials
11:25 Larkspur seedlings & overwintering tips
11:55 Thanksgiving reflections & gratitude
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