Rustling Leaves: Tackle Fall’s Garden Prep
The garden is now brimming with the most delicious temptations: rosy-cheeked, crisp apples, juicy-sweet pears, and sun-kissed grapes. But in addition to harvesting, preserving, and storing the fruit, it’s also time to prepare your garden for the cooler season. Take advantage of the last warm days to plant new flower bulbs so that your outdoor oasis will bloom in vibrant colors again in the spring. And as soon as the first leaves fall, you can create a cozy winter shelter for hedgehogs in a quiet corner of the garden using leaves, twigs, and brush.
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How wonderful it is when, early in the year, the first crocuses, snowdrops, and wood anemones peek out of the ground and chase away the winter gloom with their vibrant colors. Our flower bulbs will transform your garden into a colorful sea of blooms. We offer a wide variety of options: from low-growing to tall varieties, in many colors and shapes, suitable for large areas, small niches, or even containers. All are sourced from controlled horticultural propagation.
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Starting in September, spring-blooming bulb flowers are planted. In sun-warmed soil, they take root quickly, survive their first winter well, and sprout the following spring—the first ones as early as late winter, starting in late February—with the first blooms of the year. In the Manufactum Garden Year, you’ll learn what you need to keep in mind when planting flower bulbs. We’ve also provided the right tools for you.
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Hedgehogs love natural gardens. In deadwood hedges and piles of leaves, these little nocturnal creatures find places to sleep and hide during the day, as well as energy-rich food to build up fat reserves for hibernation. You can also help your prickly neighbor get through the cold season by placing a hedgehog house in a cluttered corner of your garden. And make sure there’s barrier-free access—after all, even the most hedgehog-friendly garden is useless if the hedgehogs can’t get in.
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