Protect Your Garden Furniture from the Cold

Your garden furniture may not see much use over the winter months, but it is vital that you protect it from the harsh winter chill. Ice, snow, rain or even wind can all threaten your garden furniture so that when the summer comes around again, you could find yourself needing to replace them. Not a great scenario to face just when you are looking forward to enjoying your garden again. Here are a couple of ways to help protect your teak benches, seats, tables or any other hardwood garden furniture.

Let’s start with the obvious: if you have space indoors then that’s the ideal place to keep your garden furniture. OK, so we haven’t all got that luxury, neither does that mean a shed or garage will be much warmer or drier at this time of year anyway. You’ve still got to take steps to protect your furniture. A protective cover helps, as does keeping wooden furniture on a hard surface; grass or soil can allow moisture to creep up and attack your garden chairs and tables.

A hardwood furniture oil or stain can help protect wood from the cold; in fact it is essential for anybody who wants their wooden furniture to last in the great outdoors. Cracking and splitting caused by temperature changes and excess moisture are the big threats, so act early. However, you need to do this with plenty of time in hand before either frost or rain strikes, and don’t allow the oil to dry in anything other than clement weather.