Winter, when children are probably not spending quite so much time outdoors and the garden is gently dormant, is a good time to take stock and plan a brilliant outdoor play space for the coming year.
1. START A COMPOST HEAP
Compost has ‘heaps’ of benefits and can be as ambitious or as neat and tidy as your space dictates. Winter is a good time to start a compost heap, because while garden cuttings and raw food waste require warmer weather to decompose, in the meantime, it will be colonised by worms and possibly overwintering creatures such as slow worms and mice.
A simple compost container can be created using old pallets, a plastic dustbin or just a corner of the garden, and by summer the first compost will be available to boost your strawberry or tomato plants.
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