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Freezing temperatures and constant snow make it harder to tend to your garden during the winter compared to other seasons. Fortunately, many of the garden supplies you use in the spring and summer are still helpful when cold weather arrives. Here, the experts of P & M Garden Services in Eagle River, AK, discuss a few tools you can use all season long.

3 Supplies You Need for Winter Gardening

1. Hanging Baskets

Many people use hanging baskets to decorate their porches and windows during the spring and summer, and these decorative garden supplies translate easily to winter planting. Whether you prefer kitchen herbs or flowers like winter pansies or viola, your indoor plants will flourish with routine watering and fertilizer.

2. Pots

garden suppliesOrnamental shrubs, vegetables, and herbs will survive the winter if you bring them inside. Containing these plants in clay or plastic pots makes them easy to transport when the weather gets cold. Since plastic can get brittle in freezing temperatures, bring these pots inside. Clay will withstand the weather, so you can keep these pots close to the house. These garden supplies let you grow delicious vegetables like spinach, leeks, and turnips, so you can experiment with delicious recipes all winter.

3. Hand Tools

If you plan on repotting or propagating plants this season, then you will need hand tools like trowels and small cultivator rakes. Before bringing them inside for the winter, sand and oil the handles to protect the wood from seasonal conditions like freezing temperatures and dry air. Once they’re protected, these tools will be ready to use for all your winter gardening projects. 

Ready to jump in and bring your winter garden to life? Let the team at P & M Garden Services help you find the right gardening supplies and plants. Their greenhouse is home to locally grown greenery and flowers, so you have a wide selection of annual and perennial varieties. Visit their website or call (907) 694-9293 for more information about their inventory.

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