{"id":7267,"date":"2014-05-15T14:47:54","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T12:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=7267"},"modified":"2014-05-15T14:47:54","modified_gmt":"2014-05-15T12:47:54","slug":"winter-gardening-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/winter-gardening-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Gardening Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is upon us, and if you haven\u2019t experience much rain yet, I\u2019m sure the colder evenings and autumn hues have confirmed that the cold season has arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Just as we take extra precautions to keep warm and vitamin-up over the next few months, similar precautions must be taken to care for our beloved gardens.<\/p>\n<p>Here are few winter gardening tips that will ensure that your flowerbeds and plants are still alive come spring:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=mulch\" target=\"_blank\">Mulch<\/a> flower beds with compost\n<div id=\"attachment_7272\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/feeding-mulching-compost.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7272\" class=\"wp-image-7272  \" alt=\"feeding-mulching-compost\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/feeding-mulching-compost-300x208.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"163\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7272\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mulching with compost<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Clear paths of moss and lichen\n<ul>\n<li>Invest in a good <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=weeding&amp;sort=score+desc&amp;search_category_id=35\" target=\"_blank\">weed clearing<\/a> product to ward off stray shoots in your paving<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Remove weeds, dead or diseased plants and wood from the garden<\/li>\n<li>Pot tender plants and move them inside or to a greenhouse, if you live in a rainy or frost-prone area<\/li>\n<li>Insulate pot plants and containers with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=bubble+wrap&amp;sort=score+desc&amp;search_category_id=239\" target=\"_blank\">bubble wrap<\/a>, if you live in a cold or frost-prone area\n<div id=\"attachment_7270\" style=\"width: 244px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/BubbleWrapPot_LW.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7270\" class=\"wp-image-7270  \" alt=\"BubbleWrapPot_LW\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/BubbleWrapPot_LW-300x168.jpg\" width=\"234\" height=\"131\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7270\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bubble wrapping a pot plant.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Remove faded flowers regularly and water your flowerbeds every morning, if frost accumulated overnight\n<div id=\"attachment_7269\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2290024498_566bfba24d.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7269\" class=\"wp-image-7269 \" alt=\"2290024498_566bfba24d\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2290024498_566bfba24d-300x241.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"193\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7269\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frostbitten flower.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<li>Water indoor or outdoor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/search\/?search=pot+plants\" target=\"_blank\">pot plants<\/a> every three days, or when the soil feels dry<\/li>\n<li>Feed the soil with liquid fertiliser every two weeks<\/li>\n<li>Ward off snails and other garden pests with organic snail bait, or cover the soil with crushed egg shells, sawdust and coffee beans. Beer traps are also very effective in eliminating pesky garden critters.\n<div id=\"attachment_7271\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/egg-shell-for-pest-cotrol1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7271\" class=\"wp-image-7271 \" alt=\"egg-shell-for-pest-cotrol1\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/egg-shell-for-pest-cotrol1-300x210.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"168\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7271\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egg shells around a new sapling to ward off slugs and snails.<\/p><\/div><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pricecheck.co.za\/categories\/7867\/Outdoor\/\" target=\"_blank\">garden furniture<\/a> or an outside deck, sand it down and seal it with a preservative to ensure that wood rot \/wood-decay fungus does not set in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter is upon us, and if you haven\u2019t experience much rain yet, I\u2019m sure the colder evenings and autumn hues have confirmed that the cold season has arrived. Just as we take extra precautions to keep warm and vitamin-up over the next few months, similar precautions must be taken to care for our beloved gardens.<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"\/blog\/winter-gardening-tips\/\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"amp_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[124],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267"}],"collection":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7267\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}