When the air turns crisp and the garden starts to fade, it’s tempting to let a few crops stay in the soil “just a little longer.” After all, who wants to spend their chilly weekends digging in the dirt when there’s hot cocoa waiting inside? But here’s the cold truth—literally—some crops simply don’t forgive procrastination.
If you leave them in the ground through winter, you could end up with mushy roots, spoiled harvests, and a spring garden full of rot instead of rich soil.
