January in the garden and the nursery:
What to do in the Garden:
- look out for pear and cherry slug - dust with ashes, sand or use Dipel or Success bacterial spray
- lift spring bulbs as foliage yellows
- start a compost heap
- Try not to let pots dry out completely
- if pots dry out and become resistant to reabsorbing water, submerge entire pot in a bucket of water until air bubbles stop coming up
- However don't leave pots in saucers of water all the time. This deprives the roots of air and can cause rotting
Sow (from seed): dwarf beans,
cabbages,
cauliflower,
carrots,
broccoli,
kohlrabi,
lettuce,
radishes,
turnips,
swedes,
leeks,
silverbeet
Plant (from seedling): brussels sprouts,
broccoli,
celery,
leeks