January Garden
While this may not have been the coldest January we’ve seen, it was still pretty cold. Depending on your gardening attitude, the frigid Wisconsin winter can be good, or not. I rate it very good, and other lazy gardeners are in my camp. There is absolutely nothing to do. Everything outside is snow-covered and the ground is hard as a rock. Who would want to be out there, anyway?
Seed Inventory
Nevertheless, even lazy gardeners have to do some planning, and January is the best time for that. I take inventory of my seed collection and decide what new seeds I’ll buy this year. I’ve already ordered my seed potatoes, and I’ll be ordering the veggie seeds this week.
Garden Planning
This is also the time I do my initial bed planning. I try to maintain a logical crop rotation. I lay it all out now, but I often have to change the plan as beds become available after they are cleaned, shaped, and raked for planting.
February will be slow, too, and we won’t start any seeds until March, so we’re on vacation until then.