A
new year means a new garden season.
Weather you are growing houseplants indoors, feeding the birds, ordering
seeds or shoveling snow, there is plenty of garden activities even in January.
Keep the
spirit of Christmas growing during the gray months of winter by watering the
yuletide plants. Amaryllis and
Poinsettia need to be watered when the surface is dry to the touch. Water the soil until it runs freely out of
the drainage hole in the containers. If
a saucer is used, discard any water that collects in it. Do not leave the plants standing in
water. Overly wet soils lack sufficient
air, which results in root injury.
