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It's nice to look back on how the garden looked as a reminder of good things to come and to jog memories of what might need to be done running up to spring time.
I'll be digging up many plants and dividing on any warm winter days. I already did a fair amount in autumn but I'll be monitoring any plants already divided, looking out for slug eggs on vulnerable susceptible plants as they sprout and initial shoots being irresistable to slugs and snails.
The battle of the spring slug is real but it's worth every minute spent in order to make sure plants get a good unhindered start in spring to the point where I'll bring certain plants in at night. It's therapeutic bringing them in at night and fetching them back out in the morning. I refuse to use pesticides and I'm afraid that goes for herbicides too. The number of times I've seen my roses covered in aphids and a few days later birds feeding on those aphids. Rose buds have been swamped with aphids but they still flower with no problems at all. Feeding the rose to promote strong growth is the key.
Frogspawn will provide an army of frogglets and these babies will tackle your slug problem the natural way.
Encourage natural predators
Dragonflies, Damselflies, eggs are layed. Beetles.
A watering hole for many animals. Hedgehog visits. Bird washing.
