January in the garden

Janurary in the vegtable garden and farm

Posted on by Laurence Manchee

What to do in the garden in January. We are seeding, planting and managing this in the vegetable garden on our permaculture farm in Portugal.

1. Planting seeds in the greenhouse

The only winter vegetables we plant now are onions, leeks & lettuce.
Some summer vegetables can be planted in seed trays in the greenhouse, ideally with heat mats; these seeds take longer to grow before planting. Mainly: tomatoes, chillis, eggplants, peppers

I like to plant various tomatoes, including those that need a trellis (indeterminate tomatoes) and those that don’t need a service (determinate tomatoes).

Keela Yoga Farm is a certified organic farm and uses Sementes Vivas Seeds

2. Direct seeding in the ground

Broad beans, peas, spinach, rocket & coriander can be directly planted in the ground

3. Growing out

January is very cold, and I often don’t have much luck finding stuff out, so I take a month off!

4. Maintenance tasks

  • Tree Planting & Tree Pruning
  • Cleaning Brush / Burning and Making Biochar
  • Cutting Trees for Next Year’s Firewood
  • FertiliYear’srees & Perennials with Compost
  • Propagating Perennials, Taking Cuttings & Seeds
Pruning trees to make them grow to the shape we want, for easy harvest and larger harvest

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