The high and low of my goals are over at Walkin' In Sunshine but I wanted to add one for my garden.
I will work smarter NOT harder this year. I have my planting charts, I have the Farmers Almanac, and the last frost date (average date, I know), and will work according to that and NOTHING else. NO ONE will talk me into planting 500 seedlings in January only to have 90% of them die before it stopped raining enough for me to get them in the ground. Nuff Said!!!
As we wrap up 2009 and look ahead to 2010, what projects do we need to be working on or finishing now to make Spring more enjoyable? It may be cold outside, I know it is here in Texas, but there are things we can do now to ensure we are working smarter not harder.
Here are some tips for December Gardening from Mel Barthalomew, of Square Foot Gardening, & Patti Moreno, of Garden Girl TV.
Happy Gardening
Valerie
It's not only Christmas Time, it's seed shopping time. If you want to get what you want, and you want good quality, heriloom (non-GMO or Genetically Mutilated Modified) seeds NOW is the time to order your catalogs, if they still have them in stock that is.
January 1 is the time to order here (I would prefer to do it December 1, but that's not up to me), we start planting indoors January 21 then stagger from there. I used The Farmers Almanac, Plan Garden, and Neil Sperry's "Complete Guide To Texas Gardening" to plan when to start which seeds. Some will be done inside and others will wait until the danger of the last frost is gone. If this is your first visit check out my post on using your gardening time wisely in the fall and winter.
My recommendations for seeds and their catalogs are Baker Creek Seeds, Seeds of Change, and Seed Savers. All three of these sites/places have some GREAT books, articles and tips for gardening. We ordered from Baker Creek Seeds last year and were NOT disappointed.
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