This could well be true because in just a few hours a winter storm can blow in from the Gulf or Mexico or the North wind can blow in a cold and icy blast.Īs the North wind blows, when will it blow in a heft snow? We don’t know, but it could be any day. It is often said that a fair January day can be the mixing bowl for a brewing winter storm. On a mild January day when the sky is blue and the temperature reaches 53, buckle your seat belt because a winter storm may be brewing. Their bright colors of purple, white, lavender, yellow, pink, and bronze brighten up the days of winter. Cold temperatures do not bother them very much, they just bloom and bear it. The pansies in January are an extra bonus of winter flowers, colors, and foliage. They seem to be a little more active at the feeders and crows are making more noise. We can say this is a sign of spring and the birds are the first to take advantage of the extra daylight. Since the first of winter in December, we have now gained an extra half hour of daylight. Make the most of it and get exercise at the same time. Saint Valentine’s Day is only a few weeks away, so you can purchase gifts of stuffed animals, gift cards, flowers, money cards, candies, restaurant and fast food cards. You can also purchase four-pound bags of Garden-Tone, Plant-Tone, Flower-Tone, Tomato-Tone, and Rose-Tone organic plant foods. You can purchase vegetable and flower seed by the packet and store them for the spring garden. A cold afternoon is a great time to check out the garden shops that are coming to life in hardwares, nurseries, Lowe’s, Home Depot, Ace Hardware, and Walmart.
Whether it is spending an hour or so on the front porch with a cup of coffee or a Mountain Dew or watching the crows and squirrels or birds at the feeders and birdbath, or picking Siberian kale from the winter garden, harvesting a few turnips or shopping for a few Valentines for kids, grandkids, and special people or a sweet wife. It is a good thing to stay active during winter. Most cold weather vegetables are covered with a blanket of leaves or mulch and will endure the blast of winter sleet, ice, snow, and north winds. You can purchase them at Lowe’s or Home Depot for around $20.įrozen garden soil is not that bad of a thing for the garden plot because it will kill morning glory seeds, weed seed, wintering insects and other fungal diseases that hinder growth of productive plants in the spring garden. If you have a riding mower, you may want to invest in a canvas cover for extra cold weather protection. It is also beneficial to disengage the blade on the riding mower and drive it around the lawn several times to circulate fluids and moving parts. Start mowers and allow them to run for several minutes until the engine warms up. Keep plenty of two cycle fuel mixed for engine protection and easy starting. Do not drain gas from this equipment but keep filled so you can start them and warm them up once a week. The riding mower, push mower, tillers, leaf blowers, and weed trimmers and vacuums need to be started and run for a few minutes every week during the winter. Their fragrance in winter is sweeter than honeysuckles of spring.
They are definitely an investment in beauty, foliage, and fragrance especially in the season of winter. We have one on the edge of the garden that is 15 years old. You can purchase them at nurseries and they come in two- and three-gallon containers. The Jasmine can be trimmed and shaped in all seasons and tolerates all kinds of weather extremes. It has fragrance from bright yellow flowers in late January and bonus blooms all during the year. It is a combo of hedge, ornamental, floral, fragrance, and color from the dead of winter to the Dog Day heat of summer.
The Carolina Jasmine is the perennial that produces in all four seasons of the year.
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