How to care for it during the cold season

Plan and prepare for the coming season

The winter months should be used for the Cultivation planning to do for the vegetable patch. In addition, now is the right time to order the first seeds and plants from the gardening mail order companies. You can also look around the tree nurseries in January or February at the latest and get thorough advice. The next soil survey is also due in February to ensure that the garden is optimal supply with fertilizer to be able to.

Maintain the garden properly in winter

If the soil is frost-free and not too wet, you can use it in the months of January and February dig up once: This helps very well against the snails that winter in the ground, but also against other Soil pests. If the soil is in good condition, the first beds can be prepared in February and supplied with compost or composted manure. The frozen ones sown in autumn

Green manure can also be incorporated. In January, at the latest at the beginning of February, you should search fruit trees for the nests of moth larvae and blood lice and carefully scrape them off. In addition, refresh or refresh the white paintwork. catch them up. Fruit and vegetable stores should be checked and ventilated regularly, removing anything that shows signs of rot or mold. Also the greenhouse as well as the Cold frames must be ventilated on warm and sunny days.

Sow, plant and harvest

In the greenhouse you can sow rocket, winter purslane and garden cress all winter long. From January onwards, early radishes and radishes will thrive, also in the greenhouse, of course. Under favorable conditions, early carrots, radishes, radishes as well as spinach and onions can be sown outside with a fleece or foil cover or in the cold frame around mid-February. In the house you prefer early types of cabbage from January, and from February also leeks, salads, tomatoes, parsley and chives.