Hort Shorts
- Plant seeds of beets, carrots, lettuce, radishes, onions, chard, kale, spinach and turnips this month.
- If you lack enough light or space indoors to start seeds, try winter sowing. Sow seeds in milk jugs or other food containers outdoors in a sheltered location, cover and keep watered. Select plants whose seedlings are cold-hardy, such as the kind that volunteer in your garden.
- Use newspaper (4- to 6-sheets thick) to suppress tough weeds in beds. Top with mulch.
- Do not prune or remove leaves of daffodils or other bulbs until they are brown or withered. The leaves produce food that is stored in the bulbs, essential for next year’s flowers.