How to prepare raised beds for winter – 5 ways to preserve them, from mulching to sowing cover crops

Vegetables and and fennel growing in wooden raised vegetable bed on gravel area in garden next to metal watering can.

If you're wondering how to prepare raised beds for winter, your gardening calendar is on point – now is the perfect time to be thinking about this important task.

Learning how to prepare soil for winter is a crucial step towards getting your garden ready for winter. In fact, enriching the soil and putting protective measures in place before temperatures drop could reduce soil erosion and allow you to make earlier sowings next spring.