I thought I'd start a thread on a month by month to do list for vegetable gardening.
January
Getting your seed order in is top of the list this month. It is also the time to sit down and make a few decisions as to which veggies your family eats and how many seeds are needed. I am trialing yellow tomatoes and several winter squash varieties this year. I am also trying a couple of new plants this year thanks to my beloved getting me a greenhouse for my birthday. The new plants are sweet potatoes and peanuts. What you grow should reflect your families tastes and ultimate plans for the vegetables. I can and pickle, as well as put carrots, onions and potatoes in a cool basement. My carrots, which I buried in sand last fall, are still just as good as the day I pulled them up. Onions are getting soft so I will probably dehydrate the rest. I need a good variety that will get me through an entire winter.
The other important task is to make a garden plan. Planting randomly means that inevitably you end up with too many of one vegetable and not enough of another. It also often results in one plant shading out another. There are a couple of on-line garden plans available. I like Mother Earth web-page as it seems user friendly, but there are several others and, even one that is free.
This is also the first month you may set out asparagus if your soil can be worked. I live in Idaho so, that task will have to be put off until next month.
January
Getting your seed order in is top of the list this month. It is also the time to sit down and make a few decisions as to which veggies your family eats and how many seeds are needed. I am trialing yellow tomatoes and several winter squash varieties this year. I am also trying a couple of new plants this year thanks to my beloved getting me a greenhouse for my birthday. The new plants are sweet potatoes and peanuts. What you grow should reflect your families tastes and ultimate plans for the vegetables. I can and pickle, as well as put carrots, onions and potatoes in a cool basement. My carrots, which I buried in sand last fall, are still just as good as the day I pulled them up. Onions are getting soft so I will probably dehydrate the rest. I need a good variety that will get me through an entire winter.
The other important task is to make a garden plan. Planting randomly means that inevitably you end up with too many of one vegetable and not enough of another. It also often results in one plant shading out another. There are a couple of on-line garden plans available. I like Mother Earth web-page as it seems user friendly, but there are several others and, even one that is free.
This is also the first month you may set out asparagus if your soil can be worked. I live in Idaho so, that task will have to be put off until next month.
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