Winter Garden Tasks To Do On A Rainy Day

Pull your garden tools together and give them a clean with warm soapy water. A biodegradable detergent is best.

Check your garden tools are sharp and oil your secateurs.

Organise how you store your tools - small hand tools could be stored in a bucket of clean sand. Larger cutting tools could be hung on a rack. Rakes, spades and shovels can be grouped in large garbage bins with bricks in the bottom for stabilisation.

In between showers, check the drainage in your garden beds and across paving areas. Check is the water getting away easily? Do you have pools of water sitting in spots?

Try not to let your swimming pools over flow into garden areas. Let water out via overflow/waste water pipes before it gets to this stage.

Now is the time to source your summer flowering bulbs such as Dahlias, Gladioli and Lilies.

Check what your veggie garden is doing - start planning what seeds you may need for your warm season veggie crops.

Check what seeds you may already have. Work out a plan of what needs to be sown and when.

Do they need to be planted out in trays first or can you direct sow them?

In between showers take the time to check your plants for any pests and diseases. Fungal diseases can be more prevalent in wet conditions. Look out for snails and slugs.

If the showers are light and there is no forecast for hail or freezing temperatures move your indoor plants outside to give them a lovely wash down.

Take all your outdoor potted plants out of their saucers of water so they don't get totally water logged.

Be careful of walking too much on water logged soils as you will cause more damage via soil compaction whilst the soil is boggy.

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