Gardener’s Calendar

January Checklist

• Plant cool weather veggies like Cauliflower, Broccoli, Collards, Kale and leaf crops.
• Check your compost to make sure it isn't too wet or too dry.
• Spend a Saturday morning at one of the BHN Pruning Workshops.
• Repot container plants that have gone 2 years or more in the same pot.
• Get a jump on planting CA natives like Ceanothus or Arctostaphylos.
• Prune Roses

February Checklist

• Plant summer flowering bulbs like Begonias, Gladiolus, Lilies and Dahlias.
• Turn in cover crops or green manure.
• Finish pruning full-sized fruit trees.
• Last chance for direct seeding of annuals.
• Select winter flowering shrubs such as Forsythia, Chaenomeles, and Syringa.
• Bareroot berries are a bargain: Strawberries, Blueberries, and Raspberries.