Nurture Your Soil In Winter

Use winter’s ‘down time’ to improve your soil, says Ruth

- Ruth Hayes

INCREASED rainfall and freezing conditions can turn even the lightest soils into an unworkable morass, while heavier soils simply become a claggy nightmare.

The best course of action during the winter months is to avoid treading on beds and borders where possible. If you absolutely have to, lay a plank across the soil and work from there – it helps to distribute your weight more evenly, which is less likely to cause compaction and damage its structure.