Gardening Projects to Do Before Winter and the Tools You’ll Need for Them
People generally associate spring with garden preparation. It makes
sense, the world is warming up and everyone’s preparing for the summer
gardening season. However, some plants don’t do well either in summer
heat. They need to be planted when it’s cool, and established before the
winter sets in. There are also situations in which people want to
continue growing in some capacity during the winter. For those
situations, it’s necessary to make gardening preparations during the
summer so that you can be ready to plant as soon as fall hits. Summer
weather is generally some of the best for gardening work anyway!
A Cold Frame or Mini-Greenhouse
As incredibly convenient and effective as they are, cold frames—which are basically mini-greenhouses—seem to be under-used in the U.S. Cold frames are basically enclosures which insulates plants from the cold with a clear covering to let in sunlight. It’s actually hard to say what tools you’ll need for a cold frame because they’re also extremely versatile. Cold frames can range from professionally-made stained wooden enclosures with latches connecting thick glass or plastic roofs, to partially-hollowed bails of hay with an old plastic tarp covering them. Regardless, you’ll want access to hand carts or two wheeled dollies for moving the lumber, latched covers, or bails of hay and old windows. The other tools will vary depending on how high- or low-tech you want your cold frame to be.
Building Raised Beds
Raised beds add a lot to any landscaping image, and they’re also efficient uses of space, making them great for smaller yards. Once again, hand carts and hand trucks are going to really come in handy for moving lumber, bags of compost, fertilizer, vermiculite, and other building materials. If any of these projects require hauling material up and down stairs, it’s worth investing in a dolly or hand truck attachment for stairs. If you’re going to be doing a whole lot of that for a project, it’s also worth renting a powered stair climbing dolly. Beyond hand trucks or dollies for moving, as is the case with the cold frames, the other tools you use depends on how involved your raised bed is going to be.
Fall Vegetable Planting
One of the great benefits of building raised beds in the summer is that they are available for the planting of fall vegetables. As mentioned earlier, some vegetables simply don’t thrive in the intense summer heat and are far better suited for fall growing. That means once you have your raised beds built, the summer isn’t the end of the growing season. Get your veggie starts in and harvest come late fall. For fall planting you’ll need the tools necessary for planting at any other time of the year, including shovel, spade, trowel, gardening fork, gloves, and, for the connoisseur, a hori hori knife.
About Magline
Magliner products have earned the trust of the material handling industry. They are valued to the point that “Magliner” is an industry-standard term employed throughout material handling. There is, however, only one Magliner when it comes to quality. For more than 70 years, Magline has designed and manufactured the most reliable, durable, and trustworthy material handling tools available. In addition to their traditional hand trucks, Magline produces more specialized equipment like their acclaimed lift hand truck line, U-boats, and motorized hand trucks.
To learn more about Magliner hand trucks and other material handling products, visit Magliner.com
A Cold Frame or Mini-Greenhouse
As incredibly convenient and effective as they are, cold frames—which are basically mini-greenhouses—seem to be under-used in the U.S. Cold frames are basically enclosures which insulates plants from the cold with a clear covering to let in sunlight. It’s actually hard to say what tools you’ll need for a cold frame because they’re also extremely versatile. Cold frames can range from professionally-made stained wooden enclosures with latches connecting thick glass or plastic roofs, to partially-hollowed bails of hay with an old plastic tarp covering them. Regardless, you’ll want access to hand carts or two wheeled dollies for moving the lumber, latched covers, or bails of hay and old windows. The other tools will vary depending on how high- or low-tech you want your cold frame to be.
Building Raised Beds
Raised beds add a lot to any landscaping image, and they’re also efficient uses of space, making them great for smaller yards. Once again, hand carts and hand trucks are going to really come in handy for moving lumber, bags of compost, fertilizer, vermiculite, and other building materials. If any of these projects require hauling material up and down stairs, it’s worth investing in a dolly or hand truck attachment for stairs. If you’re going to be doing a whole lot of that for a project, it’s also worth renting a powered stair climbing dolly. Beyond hand trucks or dollies for moving, as is the case with the cold frames, the other tools you use depends on how involved your raised bed is going to be.
Fall Vegetable Planting
One of the great benefits of building raised beds in the summer is that they are available for the planting of fall vegetables. As mentioned earlier, some vegetables simply don’t thrive in the intense summer heat and are far better suited for fall growing. That means once you have your raised beds built, the summer isn’t the end of the growing season. Get your veggie starts in and harvest come late fall. For fall planting you’ll need the tools necessary for planting at any other time of the year, including shovel, spade, trowel, gardening fork, gloves, and, for the connoisseur, a hori hori knife.
About Magline
Magliner products have earned the trust of the material handling industry. They are valued to the point that “Magliner” is an industry-standard term employed throughout material handling. There is, however, only one Magliner when it comes to quality. For more than 70 years, Magline has designed and manufactured the most reliable, durable, and trustworthy material handling tools available. In addition to their traditional hand trucks, Magline produces more specialized equipment like their acclaimed lift hand truck line, U-boats, and motorized hand trucks.
To learn more about Magliner hand trucks and other material handling products, visit Magliner.com
