What to do in the winter months (June, July, August)

Direct from the farmer to you: winter tips and tricks for your growing success.

• Begin resetting any empty gardens in preparation for spring    
• Begin foliar spraying all new seedlings with Epsom salts and continue until mid-September    
• Plan what to plant and where in the new season, consider a basic crop rotation    
• Plant garlic bulbs in June    
• Reset and replenish all annual gardens before establishing new season plantings    
• Prune all other deciduous fruit trees and vines    
• Purchase and plant bare root stock trees    
• Harvest and tip prune citrus trees    
• Continue to shred all summer and autumn crop debris and heap in large layered pile of garden organics and manures    
• When pruning figs, take tip cuttings and place in a bucket of soil and they will resprout in mid-September.    
• Purchase new season seed and begin indoor propagation in August