January Gardening To-Dos

In the Garden

• Remove vigorous winter weeds.
• Prune trees and shrubs, removing diseased and storm damaged wood.
• Start envisioning your ideal garden and developing plans.

Fruits & Veggies

• Puget Sound area gardeners can eat produce fresh from the garden nearly year-round.
• Draw your food garden master plan, rotating crop locations from last year. (Crops planted in succession will keep harvests coming.)

The Lawn

• Sharpen mower blades and tune-up your mower.
• Avoid walking on soggy or frozen grass and compressing the soil. Grass roots need oxygen as much as water to stay healthy.

Around the House

• Pack away holiday decor.
• Refresh and rejuvenate empty spaces with vibrant indoor plants.
• Lightly water indoor plants. Remember, plants contribute to essential oxygen exchange and reduce stress.
• As winter air is drier, pay special attention to indoor plant foliage; occasionally mist with water.
• Keep plants away from heating ducts.
• Make a terrarium with the kids and enjoy it through the darker winter months.
• Feed wild birds.