Preparing Your Yard for a New Jersey Winter

A few simple steps in late fall protect your landscape investment all winter.

Final mow lower

Drop the mowing height a notch on the last cut — long grass under snow is prone to disease.

Drain irrigation

Have any irrigation system blown out before the first hard freeze.

Wrap vulnerable evergreens

Burlap screens protect new arborvitae and yew from winter wind burn for the first two years.