Even though it is February and we are a few weeks away from real gardening, there are a few chores underway.

• Stratifying some seeds – cleaned up collected seed for hellebores, blue-eyed grass, and echinacea.     Each in a container with some damp soil and into the freezer for 3 weeks.   Some to be seeded in rows, some to go in the ground when ready.
• Greenhouse clean up.    Moved the greenhouse, shelves, and various related tools and materials.   Cleanup, reorganization, and prep, a bit each day.
• Pruning has started.    Fruit trees first, then shrubs, and trees.
• Yard cleanup – pine needles, cones, and removing last years stems and stalks.

This will be a daily routine for the rest of the month.