Winter
The garden in January
The quietest month — plan next year, order seeds and protect plants from hard frost.
Sow & plant
- ✓Order seeds and plan beds
- ✓Chit early potatoes indoors
- ✓Sow nothing tender outdoors yet
Jobs & pruning
- ✓Knock heavy snow off hedges and conifers
- ✓Winter-prune apple and pear trees
- ✓Check stored bulbs and tubers
In season & in bloom
- ✓Evergreen structure carries the garden
- ✓Winter stems and seedheads for the birds