Winter weather has been a bit all over the place this winter, and our January weather has been rather mild comparatively. There are still some gardening items for this month, especially if you are considering sowing seeds indoors. Gardening in January consists mainly of reflecting on your garden over the past year – what worked, what didn’t – and planning for the year ahead. It’s a good time to think about design and finding the perfect plants for your garden!
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- January is a good time to start planning your garden for the year. Think about what plants you would like to have in the garden and do some research on them. Now is a good time to order plants online as many sites have discounts for ordering early. American Meadows has most plants 50% off right now!
- Research the average last frost date for your area. This site allows you to search by zip code for first and last frost date of the year
- Have you tried growing plants from seeds? Now is the year to try! A couple good sites to try for seeds are Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds and Swallowtail Garden Seeds.
- Some seeds can take several months to germinate and grow to a size decent enough to be transplanted, so when buying seeds, look at the label and count back from your last frost date to sow seeds indoors
Prepping
- If you are growing seeds indoors you will need seed starting trays and seed starting mix – buy that now so you will have it when you need it
- Now is a good time to prune trees (unless they flower in winter or spring). Mainly prune dead or diseased branches rather than going for a hard prune.
Planting
- Now is obviously not the best time to plant new plants, but if you’re the gambling type, you can try planting some spring-flowering bulbs or bare-root deciduous trees or deciduous shrubs as long as the ground isn’t frozen.
- As mentioned above, you can start seeds indoors this month if they are seeds that take longer to germinate and grow such as geranium, wax begonia, or parsley.
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