I love this time of year - well I get sick of the rain - but the tips of the bulbs peeking out of the soil give me hope that soon my lovely garden will be back in full force!
My to do list this time of year (late Feb) include:
- Cutting back the last of the old growth - I leave most of mine in place to provide seed heads for over-wintering wildlife
- Weeding - getting a jumpstart on the tenacious spring weeks is worth its weight in gold!
- Plotting world garden domination - what to plant! I always have more seeds than I plan so this year I am following the use what you have approach and growing what I have! Sunflowers, arugula, beets, carrot, chard are all on my list! I'm debating whether to try and resurrect my hay bale raised beds from last year or whether to till them all in and do new beds. They have some fab soil in them as I've been dumping all the old bedding from the chicken coop onto them all winter along with food scraps and have been having the chickens "till" the soil for me! So they may be worth resurrecting!
- Cleaning up the greenhouse - mine is very old and nasty but still somewhat serviceable, and although I plan to turn its skeleton into a chicken coop this year, I'll use it for seed starting first!
- Planting garlic! Yes, if you missed planting it in fall, like me, you can still plant it in early spring and get a decent crop come fall!
What will you be doing this february in your garden?
