Winter Aftercare

29 November 2011 by writer

 

If you have newly planted trees, check their guys  / stakes before adverse winter weather strikes, which combined with wet ground can cause trees to by windblown.

Your container shrubs and trees will still need watering during winter, albeit at much lower levels.   Likewise evergreen trees use more water than deciduous trees in winter, as they retain their  foliage, if we have a dry winter they may require watering.

Should we have snow, the weight of snow on branches can cause them to bend and even break.  Whilst it is still fluffly the snow should be gently dislodged (whilst standing upwind). If the snow has turned to ice it is better to leave it in situ.

As for protecting non native plants, the varieties from wamer climates will have to be protected.

If there any any woodchips available, now is a good time to place around specimens / top up existing, remembering to keep the area around the trunk clear.

 

 

 

 

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    28 March 2012Peter, Peter, Peter!We do have winter in CA (although this is the most usanuul winter I can remember and I was born & raised here). First off, the color of the light changes. It changes through the seasons rather dramatically if you shoot color (esp. color film). Then each area of CA has their own little weather things to tell us that the season has changed. In SF it's the wind. The wind dies down in the fall and thru the winter unless we are having a storm (a sudden wind tells us a storm is coming, a lack of wind in late summer/early fall tells us an earthquake maybe coming). We have cold rain. Warm rain is a weird thing for us Californians. We also have a false spring that usually occurs around Valentines day. On my street the cherry blossoms arrive and then just as suddenly we have a rain storm to spread the blossoms all over the street!The change of seasons is subtle in CA. Perhaps a bit like a MySQL db that's usage has increased, you may not notice that its slowing down if you're not looking for it and suddenly it hits everyone that the db is slow. That's kinda like CA seasons.
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