This Month in Your Southwest Yard – January
January Garden Tasks Frost is likely on dry, windless, clear nights this month ~ Keep plants watered to prevent frost damage ~ Wrap irrigation valves and pipes to protect from freezing ~ Turn off irrigation timers if it rains ~ Apply mulch around plants to retain water and soil, and to feed nutrients into soil with each rain ~ Prune roses and summer-blooming deciduous fruit trees ~ Don’t prune frost-damaged plants until spring growth ~ Plant bare-root trees and […]
