1. Clean your tools & close up outhouses
An essential part of fall gardening cleanup is giving your outdoor tools a thorough clean at the end of the season if you want them in good condition when spring comes back around. Give trowels, spades, and shears a spray with disinfectant, wipe off thoroughly and remember to oil any hinges.
2. Close up any outhouses or potting sheds
Once you’ve put your clean tools away in your outhouse, remember to give it a thorough inspection for any holes in doors, walls, or windows. Seal up any gaps to prevent unwanted visitors from making it their home over the winter!
3. Tidy fallen leaves away
Don’t let leaves pile up on your lawn, get them tidied up. This is a notoriously time-consuming part of everyone’s fall gardening cleanup, but it’s crucial to do if you don’t want fallen leaves suffocating your lawn and leaving it looking patchy and ragged in the spring. If you’re looking for a leaf blower to help speed up the job, take a look at our best leaf blower deals (opens in new tab). Raking is also an easy way to get rid of leaves, if you’re willing to put in a little bit more work.
4. Start a leaf mulch pile
If you’re following this fall gardening cleanup list chronologically you’ll now have a surplus of fallen leaves to dispose of. May we suggest starting your own leaf mulch pile? It’s the perfect way to transform useless piles of leaves into nutritious, organic fertilizer by spring that can be added to practically any place in your garden to improve the soil or foliage, from veg beds to potted plants. Discover more guides for the garden… Best pressure washers (opens in new tab) Best snow blowers (opens in new tab) Best chainsaws (opens in new tab) Best patio heaters (opens in new tab) Best inflatable hot tubs (opens in new tab)
