We cover the grapes. If you planted grapes on your site, you need to cover it for the winter in order to protect it from frost. To do this, at the end of October, cut off the grape branches, leaving 10-12 lower buds on them. Then tie the stems into bunches and cover them. Lay a 20-cm layer of spruce branches under the branches and on them, dry leaves and brushwood on top. Pour loose soil on them and cover them with roofing material from the rain. It’s good to put an anti-mouse bait under the roofing material.
We treat wood wounds. On the eve of winter, it is imperative to process the cracks and hollows in the garden trees. First, at positive temperatures, all crevices must be treated with an aqueous solution of ferrous sulfate. This is usually done with a brush. Then the hollow is sealed with cement mortar, and the cracks are pulled together and bandaged with ordinary electrical tape.
We scatter sawdust. If sawdust has accumulated in the country, then they can be scattered over the site. They are a good organic fertilizer. The richest in trace elements are sawdust from birch firewood. In general, sawdust from deciduous trees is preferable to conifers. The latter contain a large amount of resinous substances and do not rot for a long time, they have a depressing effect on many plants. But on the paths and in the near-trunk circles, fir-tree sawdust suppresses the growth of weeds. Sawdust is also a mulch that retains moisture in summer. and in winter protects plant roots from frost. In the spring, so that the sawdust rotted faster, pour it with a urea solution (a fertilizer matchbox – on a bucket), otherwise the sawdust will begin to take nitrogen from the soil.