1. Watch for that week of warm weather in January to walk around the garden and see life springing up from the bulbs you planted last fall. Crocus and snowdrops will show their heads soon.
2. Hellebores will be blooming in January, bring them in for a bouquet.
3. January is a great time to force cuttings. Use sharp clippers that make a clean cut on shrubs and vines. Forsythia, Witch hazel, Redbud, Magnolia, Pussy willow, Red twig Dogwood.
4. Look for dead or dying branches while your deciduous shrubs and trees have lost their leaves.
5. Sharpen your garden tools. Take care of broken of damaged tools. Garden centers will have all the newest parts and styles.
6. Add a new garden book to your collection.
7. Give your garden hoses a once over. Replace bent ends and washers. Again garden centers are a great resource.

While you sit and stare out the window with a hot cup of cocoa, and a garden magazine on your lap, start a list of plants you desire for spring. Bring your list by Ashland Greenhouse and let us fill it.

Items we can fill immediately include primroses, cyclamen, pansies, early perennials, early herbs, and violas.

Beth Mickelsen