February Organic Gardening Calendar

Here's your checklist for February's organic gardening fun!


•    Order seeds: If you haven't ordered your seeds yet, be sure to order over the internet or by mail order catalog by mid February. Many companies start running out of high-demand seeds. By now, most local retail stores should have their seeds supplies in. Stock up on seeds, trays and organic soil.

•    Start your seeds! February's the time in most gardening zones to start most annual flower seeds. You can also start lettuce seeds indoors now to transplant into the garden in March, or simply wait to plant them directly into the ground.

•    Sprouting seeds:  As February rolls around I am so craving living green foods that I end up eating handfuls of sprouts directly from my kitchen sprouter. For wonderful raw and living foods, order some sprouting seeds from RawPeople's store and sprout some greens to tide you over until your first lettuce crop arrives!

•    Plan new gardens: Get out the graph paper and start planning your new vegetable beds, flower beds, or garden additions. Now's the time before the gardening tasks begin to pile up!

•    Remember to compost: Even in winter, continue adding vegetable scraps to your outdoor compost pile. Although the compost pile will not break down as quickly as in the summertime if you live in a cooler climate, as soon as a warm day arrives those bacteria will get busy, so keep feeding that pile.

•    Feed the birds:  If you hung up a bird feeder, be sure to keep it well stocked, especially if there's snow on the ground. Snow covers a great many weeds that provide seeds for our feathered friends, thus reducing their natural food supplies during the wintertime even further. Don't forget to set out a tray of sunflower seeds and birdseed for species that prefer to eat off the ground, such as Cardinals and Mourning Doves.



About the Author
Jeanne Grunert is a writer and marketing consultant who moved from New York City to a 17 acre organic farm in rural Virginia. She writes about gardening, health and raw foods for many publications, and her gardening book, Get Your Hands Dirty – A Beginner's Guide to Gardening, is available from her website, http://sevenoaksconsulting.com/GetYourHandsDirty.aspx

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Written by:  Jeanne Grunert
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