January is always that month you just want to finish to start the first load of sowing in February.
But still plenty to do and get on with.
First week of January;
pruned my raspberries, gooseberries, oregano, marjoram, sage, bay trees and weigela florida polka.
Last week;
A good load of homemade compost down over the raspberries. gooseberries, rhubarb (that has just started sprouting nicely) and over the asparagus bed.
Cleaned and washed all the small to large pots and set out all the egg boxes for the seed potatoes.
The early spuds will see the light sitting in their egg boxes next week. Another month yet for the maincrop to see the light.
Did lay out a couple of new raised beds (instead of loads of pots) and fill with a good mix of garden soil, multi purpose compost and home made compost ready for my regular sown crop of Marmande and San Marzano tomatoes to grow in later.
Looking like a nice few dry sunny days here next week;
So a good opportunity for the annual clean top to bottom of the greenhouse.
Will clean and oil (well wd40) of all the gardening tools.
Will rake in all the veg peelings I've thrown over the raised beds and garden plots during the late Autumn and winter for the upcoming early potatoes and broad beans. Mind the worms have pulled most of it down.
Last Jan week, I will be;
Composting up the french and runner beans plot soil areas.
This month a few times a week picking kale, spinach, leeks, spring onions and herbs.
Constantly topping up the birds with homemade fat balls, seeds, mealworms and suet pellets, leftover homemade bread and water topups. They are so greedy and thirsty this time of year