This gardening calendar is for the Lane county area. Oregon is fortunate with no extreme weather this year except for the usual rain and cool temperature. Just yesterday I finished transplanting three gooseberry bushes. They are great for making jam, I used the recipe from those SureJell packet. For anyone living in Lane County here are tips what to do in February in the garden.
- Have soil test performed on garden plot to determine nutrient needs.
- Prune deciduous summer blooming shrubs and trees.
- Prune clematis, Virginia creeper and other vining ornamentals.
- Pastuerize soil for starting seedlings in pots or flats.
- Plant seed flats of cole crops (cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, Brussel sprouts).
- Prune and trellis trailing berries and caneberries.
- Prune fruit trees and blueberries
- Good time to plant fruit trees and deciduous shrubs.
- Delayed dormant sprays of lime sulfur for fruit and deciduous trees and shrubs.
- Prune and train grapes; make cuttings.
- Prune roses. Now is good time to plant roses and new rose varieties.
- Repair winter damage on trees and shrubs.
- Control moles and gophers with traps or poison bait.
- Make coldframe or hotbed to start early vegetables or flower, or a greenhouse would be a suitable place to start seeds.
- Plant windowsill container garden of carrots, lettuce and parsley.
- Plant onions outdoors as soon as soil is dry enough to till.
- If weather permits and soil is dry enough, spade or till garden areas for planting later.
- Plow down cover crops or other organic matter.
