JANUARY

Container Gardening

In The Beginning... Soils

Garden Chores Calendar

Turf Management Calendar

Garden Ponds

herbs

Herbs Listing

Important Kitchen Herbs

Perennials

Offers

Home

winter.jpg (6935 bytes)

Lawns

  • Plant fescue.
  • Apply post-emergence herbicide to control winter broadleaf weeds.

Shrubs

  • Plant roses now.

Trees

  • Plant containerized and bare root trees now.
  • Begin pruning.
  •  

Annuals

  • Plant snapdragons, pansies, nasturtiums and sweet william.
  • Fertilize pansies to promote blooms.

Perennials

  • Plant perenials.
  • Plan for new planting beds.

Veggies

  • Take soil samples for soil test now.
  • Tilling can be done now if soil is not too wet. Work in composted leaves and other amendments recommended by your soil test.
  • Plant collards, turnips, Chinese cabbage, leeks, radishes, carrots, kale, kohlrabi, and spinach.

House Plants

  • Watch for signs of spidermites on indoor plants. Use insecticidal soap or oil to control these pests.

Other chores

  • Grafting of roses and fruit trees is usually done now.

Top   Home