Planting Peas and Sweet Peas
Late winter is the time to plant out garden peas and sweet peas, two of the earliest of all seed crops.
Winter
Cover Crops
Once you have harvested your vegetables you can re-prepare the soil and seed a cover crop which helps build compost humus and a natural fertilizer to revitalize the soil for next years crops. Cover crops are relatively inexpensive, easy to seed, and provide a great source of ‘green manure’ for vegetable garden soils. It’s the natural way to revitalize the soil and suppress weed growth at the same time!
Winter Pruning
Winter is the time to think about pruning many plants in the garden. However, never prune for the sake of pruning, prune only the plants that need pruning. Roses are a good example of plants that need pruning, as do raspberries, clematis and sometimes hydrangeas, lilacs and others.
Ground Covers That Help Retain Hillsides
Many sloping areas and hillsides have experienced various degrees of erosion due to the heavy fall, winter and early spring rains. In some cases these problems could have been greatly reduced had deep-rooted ground covers been used to help secure the soil on these sloping areas. So here are a few ideas of plants one can use to beautify a hillside and possibly help stabilize the soil too.