Can you dig it?

Garden chores for January

• Plant your living Christmas tree out in the garden, give it space for growth.

• Pick out seeds from nurseries or order from seed catalogs.

• Clean garden debris to control slugs and snails in their hide outs.

• Feed perennials, strawberries, cool season annuals with organic fertilizers.

• Prune various fruit trees, grapes, vines as needed.

• Plant bare roses and fruit trees, cane berries, artichokes, and iris.

• Keep winter weeds in check, hoeing is a good thing and burns calories.

Time to plant vegetables

• Sow seeds...