Your Plants
- Check your brussels sprouts – either ready for harvesting or netting for protection; harvest from the bottom up
- Cauliflower – could be ready to harvest – keep in ding-film in the fridge – will last 6 weeks
- Celery – ready to harvest
- Garlic – they like dormancy and cold prior to growing in the spring
- Hardy beans and Broad beans – if the soil doesn’t get too wet
- Kale – ready to harvest
- Leeks – should be ready to harvest about half
- Spinach – ready to harvest
- Turnips – ready to harvest
- Winter brassicas – may need netting to protect from the birds
Your Garden
- If your garden holds a lot of water – make a whole and drop in some sand for drainage
Your Fruit Trees
- Prune apple and pear trees – and compost or mulch around the base
- If younger, stake trees to protect them from bending with the winter weather
Your Berries
- Compost around them, along with bone meal
Your Greenhouse
- Clean and insulate
- Reduce ventilation on colder days; and increase on warmer days
Submitted by
Dr Holly
One Stop Mobile Health Shop
Choices Unlimited for Health & Wellness
Dr. Holly Fourchalk, Ph.D., DNM®, RHT, MH, AAP, HT
604.764.5203
holly@ChoicesUnlimited.ca
www.choicesunlimited.ca
