On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• Plant microgreens to enjoy in salads,  Ex/ radish,broccoli, arugula.
• Prepare beds for cool season crops that will be planted in February.
• Organize your seed, tools, make a system that will enable you to locate what you need when you need it!
• Be prepared to treat cool season broadleaf weeds in your lawn. Check to see if you have the right product on hand. In my opinion, liquid products are best.
• Plan on growing one new vegetable that you haven’t grown in your garden. Ex arugula
• Consider adding a small annual color bed to your landscape this spring. A small bed can have a big impact. A prominent location can really add to the curb appeal of your home.
• Collect cardboard for weed control in the garden.
• Cut last year’s foliage off of your Mondo Grass and liriope beds. Take care not to cut too close or you’ll damage the emerging growth
• Add compost to your raised beds.
• If you have any Home Improvement projects planned for the spring, be sure to protect tree roots when you do any grading, excavating, trenching, Etc.

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• If space for a garden is limited consider constructing garden beds.
• Continue planting trees and shrubs. It’s better to plant them now than waiting until the temperature heats up in late spring.
• Write down on paper what garden problems that you had last year call Cooperative extension. We might help you with some of those problems before you run into them in 2023.
• Tree fruit such as apples, peaches and nectarines require extensive spray programs.Do your research now so you’ll know the schedule and have the right products and equipment on hand
• January is inventory month for gardeners to check older seeds and do a germination test.
• This is also a good time to organize your seed starting supplies.
• Do maintenance on all garden equipment.

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On the Home and Garden Show with Vance Co. Cooperative Ext.

• Start your garden journal for 2023
• Study up on Grapevine pruning.
• Sketch out on paper your garden plan for 2023
• Check flower beds for cool season weeds and pull them now while they are small.
• When ordering seeds don’t get caught up in all of the photos in seed catalogs. Order what you need.
• Take stock of vegetable gardening supplies such as seed starting trays,tomato cages,Irrigation supplies, et cetera
• If you think you have any shade trees that need pruning, begin making arrangements now.
• Construct a small greenhouse to be able to grow plants next year.

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