Let ’s just say winter is not this gardener ’s preferred season . Yes , I like that I can regroup after the holidays , take some sentence to loose , make plans and dream about my gardens . But , I ’m unquestionably the most content when I can get outside and get my manpower dirty . The last few weeks as I ’ve put doing a short puttering and project for this post , I came up with a good - sized inclination of projects and Winter Activities for Gardeners . Here are some not bad ideas and playfulness projects we can do to get us through winter .
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Let’s Get Started with These Activities
Plant an Indoor Herb Garden
Scratch that horticulture itch with a fun indoor gardening undertaking like this cunning – Mason Jar Herb Garden . I want to get better about cooking with fresh herbaceous plant , but I did delight having the fresh herbs , if for no other reason than to smack them . I know , I ’m weird , but I make love reek things , like dirt , savory , fragrant herb , crucial oils , a baby ’s head teacher , candle , etc . , etc . Okay , I stick a little off track there , but it ’s emphatically a fun undertaking to have a little herbaceous plant garden growing right on your kitchen counterpunch during the winter calendar month . Keep these ready to hand just in slip you get gnat .
Get your light-green thumb fix by grow some fresh leafy green indoors with ahydroponics growing system .
Work on Your Garden Journal or Garden Planner
Take some clock time this wintertime to print those out and organise them in a ring-binder and voila you ’ll have your very own Garden Journal and Garden Planner . In case you need some assist putting together your own Garden Journal , check into out the billet I did a few month ago – DIY Garden Journal . wintertime is the good time to plan your blossom seam and veggie gardens . Getting your plan down on newspaper for the upcoming growing season is the good way to get a forefront start on your gardens .
Make a DIY Project for Your Garden
dusty weather always make me require to hibernate and winter is the stark time to get slick and make something for your garden . Like thisGarden Trellis Ladder . I have an entire Pinterest table dedicated toDIY Garden Art . Check it out and see if you may come up up with something playfulness to make .
Thisidea on Hometalkis adorable and is a great mode to practice up some of those clay pots we have . I want to give the author Tracey Lee fromMia Bella Passions Blogthe credit for this idea and the unmediated link to her projection , but I could not find the undertaking on her website .
Here ’s another DIY Garden Decor task , that I recall would make a great wintertime activity for gardener and a fun group activity . ThisDIY Garden Plant Tagproject is by Diana from the Adirondack Girl @ Heart blog .
Here ’s a cute and easyplant tag end undertaking I did for Hometalk .
Here are some more idea for fun thing to do !
Plant an Amaryllis Bulb
After Christmas is the perfect clock time to pick up Amaryllis bulbs on clearance . I have a few started and ca n’t wait to see those heavy beautiful blooms in about 6 weeks when I ’m really over wintertime . See the spot , How to Grow Amaryllis Bulbs For The Perfect Winter Flower . Paperwhite narcissus bulb are also easy to find on headroom after the holiday and are prosperous to grow .
Make a Succulent Garden
Succulents are quite trendy now . They are n’t my matter , but if you like succulent , making a little lush garden would be a great Winter project . My fellow garden blogger , Kristen at Shifting Roots , shares some majuscule tips on growing succulent .
Start Some Seeds Indoors
winter can be so long and tardy wintertime is the worst . cum bug out indoors is my favored thing to do to get ready for spring in my garden . My light place is put up and I ’m getting ready to set out some seeds in a few weeks . start seed indoors is a great direction to get your hands in some turd in the dead of winter . Be certain to check outSeed Starting Indoorsfor counsel and tips . I ’ve allege it before , but here I go again … It ’s so gratifying to grow your own flower or veggie from seed .
Make Soy Candles
Okay , totally not gardening come to , unless you produce Glycine max . But , hey I ’m a gardener and I did it and it was fun ! Candle making is a fun activity and an comfortable project when you ca n’t get alfresco . I highlightedthis articlerecently in an newssheet and it has been very popular . And , really you could add citronella oil and then you ’ll have candles to keep the bugs aside when your enjoy your pet outdoor space this summertime .
I take all the guesswork employment out of making candles and show you how to make a clean cauterise soy candle that can be made in little great deal , or big ones . We make a bunch and give many away as natural endowment .
Winter Sowing
Winter Sowing is hand - down one of my preferred wintertime gardening activities ! Seriously , if you have n’t examine wintertime sowing , just attempt 3 or 4 milk jugs , or deli containers , or whatever you have put around . It ’s not complicated at all . It ’s the most price - effective and easiest way to fill in your repeated garden with unexampled plants . The best part – female parent nature does the body of work !
Do n’t want any more perennials ? What ’s incorrect with you ! No really , included in the military post are some awesome read about Winter Sowing Vegetables and Tender Annuals too . Go show the position , Winter Sowing – Yes you may Garden In Winter , and give it a try .
Organize Your Seeds and Buy More
Are you a seedhoardercollector ? I am ! My trouble is that I buy more seed than I can ever plant , so I just keep save them . After I created the Seed Inventory list that you’re able to retrieve in theGardening Resources Library , I am getting better about not buying the same seeds over and over . ThisSeed Storage Boxis awesome . When I first ordered it , I was suspicious whether it would hold all my seed , but it ’s fairly big and does hold my entire seed aggregation .
A come swop is a originative way to trade in some of your seed for something different . Do a niggling searching on Facebook for local garden chemical group and see if anyone is host a practical seed swap there . I even recently pick up free veg seed packets that were from a big corner store that rent them off the shelf because they were from “ last season ” but usually still good to plant . They were given to the county extension role for anyone want them .
PIN ITVisit a Local Nursery or Conservatory
Do this ! It ’s such an awesome dose of happiness in the dreariness of wintertime . My favorite local glasshouse , is calling my name very loudly these day and I have a natural endowment card sunburn a hole in my air hole . It ’s warm in the glasshouse and there are unripe and grow things .
Do you have a arboretum or Botanical Garden close by ? You might be surprised what they have to bask , even this time of year . Put a visit on your “ fun things to do ” list and get out of the house for a bit . It will do wonder to ward off those winter blue . Do some searching and see what ’s useable in your area . Even if you have to go to a big box memory board , like Home Depot , just go and gaze at their seed video display and houseplant exhibit .
Read Gardening Books
I received this book , Vertical Vegetables , as a gift and I seat down and show it in a few hours . Its full of practical ideas for growing vegetables vertically . I especially advocate it if you only have space for a modest garden .
Another good read isFloret Farm ’s Cut Flower Gardenbook . It ’s full of well-situated to implement idea and instructions for growing your own cutting flower garden . I applied what I learned and grewmy own Cut Flower Garden . For more of my favourite gardening meter reading , belt down over and check outThe Best Gardening Books .
More Things for Gardeners to Do in Winter
Plan a dead - of - wintertime garden party with some friends that love horticulture as much as you do . If you have mild winter temps , plan it outdoors with bonfire proceed everyone warm . If you live in the frozen tundra , have your party indoors and piece one of these activities , like theDIY garden tagsto do with your friends . I ’ve always recall it would be so much sport to do a winter sowing party .
Another fun bodily function for gardeners in winter is to work on agardening puzzle . There ’s an Activity Book for Gardeners in theGingham Gardens Shopthat has some crossword puzzle , Christian Bible search puzzles and some garden trivia quizzes . There are also a few coloring Sir Frederick Handley Page packets for gardeners .
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Many of us run to want to hibernate during the colder months , but I encourage you to venture outside for fresh air once in a while . Snap some pictures of beautiful wintertime scenery and enjoy the stillness of this fourth dimension of year .
What do you do to pass the time in Winter ? I know some of our lucky reviewer live in areas where they can garden all yr long , but most of us in cold-blooded climates get a wintertime shift from garden that tends to last too long . I hope you ’ve gained some ideas for Winter Activities for Gardeners . The good intelligence is we can make some plans , pick a few of these Winter Gardening Projects and before you have sex it , Spring will be here .
Happy gardening , or garden provision , Julie
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