Besides being time to prune your roses, this time of year is perfect for getting the garden ready. And by garden, I mean any space where you throw seeds or seedlings into dirt. Whether you plow under your entire yard, or keep planters by the back door, think about adding some finished compost to your soil to get it ready. While your at it, get the garden going now with lettuce seeds.
With all the rain we’ve had, it’s also a great time to plant new fruit trees – shovels go into the dirt like scooping out butter from all the moisture. For as little as $15 you can get bare root fruit trees – soak the roots for an hour, dig the hole, and stick it in the ground.
A few other projects for sunny winter weekends:
• Take out the water thirsty hydrangea and plant a Mediterranean/Bay Friendly garden
• Take the dried up, dead plants out of your pots and replace them with succulents
• Mulch, mulch, mulch – in your flower beds, around your raised garden planters, even your whole front yard
• Dig up that grass that always starts looking bad by June and mulch the area instead
• Sprinkle compost on your grass – for simple natural fertilizing
Still need inspiration, take a walk around town and see what type of gardens your neighbors are planting in their front yards.