January
Current Berry Picking Status:
These are approximate times for the 2012 season. Look for updates as picking times get closer and daily updates when picking opens..
Blueberries: Late June beginning of July
Blackberries: Mid to late July
Peaches: August
Red Raspberries: July through Fall
Apricots: Mid to late June
Apples: July through Fall
The U-Pick Patch opens at dawn and closes at dusk. We close the patch every couple of days to ensure that there are plenty of ripe berries for all of our pickers. To check whether the patch is open for picking and for daily fruit availability check this website, find us on Facebook, or call us toll-free at 888-459-2586. The message on this machine changes from season to season and also includes greenhouse hours and more.
January
Lawn
Evenly spread snow from walks, do not pile to prevent winter dieback. Use de-icers and other snow melt products sparingly to reduce injury.
Landscape
Remember to feed your feathered friends, start a bird club and earn free bird seed.
Use Ice Melt to melt away snow and ice without the harmful salts that damage shrubs.
Time to mulch strawberry beds with a layer of straw for winter protection.
Buy a houseplant for a special friend to help keep away the winter blues.
Start planning for a spectacular spring on those cold winter nights.
Gift Certificates are available for those special gardeners in your life.
Join a Garden Club this year!
Check your tools to be sure everything is sharp & oiled (use Pam cooking spray)
Check the tires on wheelbarrows & maybe give it a fresh coat of paint.
Once the weathers warms spray hort oil on fruit trees, raspberry canes and roses.
Roses will benefit from a dose of lime sulfur at winter strength.
Prune fruit trees Add more mulch to plants if necessary
Do you have leaf piles from last fall? Mow over & chop into garden Leaf mulch doesn't freeze as solid as unmulched ground so earthworms will stay busy under the leaves.
Water outside plants when temps are above 32!
Wash pots & trays to get ready for seeding plants (hot soapy water and rinse with bleach solution and let dry.
Start a cold frame, alfalfa hay & storm window on top! Mix some potting soil into the ground and sow lettuce, spinach, carrots, radishes and salad greens. Keep a thermometer inside the cold frame and one outside. Open the cold frame a crack when day temps are over 40 degrees Of course, be sure to close at night.
2991 Goldfinch Road
Hiawatha, Kansas 66434
