Urgent jobs in the garden for January

• Spray summer vegetables with seaweed solution.
• Spray eggplant fruit with Dipel to prevent caterpillar infestation.
• Water citrus trees once or twice a week especially in extreme heat as they are shallow rooted and need water near the surface.
• Water, weed, and mulch all beds to keep maximum moisture in the soil.
• Fill wicking beds weekly but daily in extreme heat.
• Prepare simple shade structures for days of very high temperatures.
• Tie raspberries to wires.
• Tie up asparagus fronds and leave until they yellow in autumn/winter before pruning to ground level.
• Harvest your fruit!

Note: blossom end rot on summer vegies is caused by under watering

Written by Robin Gale-Baker