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January  -
Plan, Tend, and Journal
  • ​Take care of your winter vegetable garden and plan for the new year. 
  • Update your garden journal for 2021.
  • Start to order seeds for annuals and vegetables.
  • Order trees and shrubs for February and March planting.
  • Check catalogues and websites for perennials.
Pruning and Cleaning Up
  •  Put those pruners down - leave spent flower stalks standing to support pollinators.
  • You can look carefully at your trees and shrubs to see how healthy they are and  lightly prune out deadwood removing the lower canes from shrubs
  • Don't overclear your plants and gardens, the old growth provides protection for plants and habitat for birds and others
  • Houseplants like clean foliage during the winter and watering when dry. 
Fertilize and Mulch
  • Pine needles, rotted sawdust, straw, and leaves make great mulch.​
  • Wood ash will raise pH and can be used on roses, peonies, clematis and daffodils.
  • Mulching flowerbeds improves soil texture. 
  • Tip - if you want earthworms, mulch deeply
Chores
  • Take care of your hoses and protect them from freezing
  • Sharpen and clean tools. 
Tips:  
  • After the holidays, use your Xmas tree as a suet and peanut butter feeder for birds. Decorate the tree with suet and with peanut-butter covered pinecones.  Later, the branches can be cut and used by setting them over perennial beds to protect the plants from heaving.
  • As always, keep your tools clean and clean your tools as you move from plant to plant. 
  • Wear gloves for all of your gardening and yard chores;  protect your skin from sun, dirt, bugs, and poison ivy, poison oak and poison sumac.  ​
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Thanks to Suzanne Aiello who compiled these tips for the Dolley Madison Garden Club.
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