In January, despite the cold weather, there are several vegetables you can plant in your garden.
Here’s a detailed guide:
Leeks: Sow leeks indoors in individual pots filled with potting soil. Plant the seeds about 1 cm deep and keep them in a warm place until they germinate.
Winter Salads: Both lettuce and spinach are suitable for winter planting. Sow winter lettuce varieties in a greenhouse or indoors, and sow winter spinach directly in the ground, protecting the plants with a veil if necessary.
Beans: Sow bean seeds directly in the ground or in peat pots, and protect them with a winter cover.
Peas: Peas should be sown directly in the ground or in peat pots. Avoid moving them once they’ve sprouted, as they don’t transplant well.
Eggplants: Plant eggplant seeds in a well-heated greenhouse with a temperature of around 20°C.
Radishes: Choose slow-growing varieties of radishes and plant them in a greenhouse about 1 cm deep in rows spaced 10 cm apart, or in individual pots.
Peppers and Chili Peppers: These plants require a heated and well-lit environment, so plant them in a greenhouse equipped with heating and lamps.
Carrots: Before planting carrots, loosen the soil to ensure good growth.
Parsley: Parsley and other aromatic herbs can be sown directly in the ground in January, as they are resistant to frost.
Onions: Sow onion seeds about 1 cm deep in a heated greenhouse, and transplant them gradually as they grow.
Additionally, you can harvest vegetables such as Brussels sprouts, wild chicory, endive, kale, lamb’s lettuce, parsnips, Japanese crosnes, broccoli, and celery.
This is also a good time to plan future plantings, create spaces for aromatic herbs, dig up unoccupied plots, add manure or organic fertilizer, clean garden squares, follow the lunar calendar, enrich the soil with wood ashes, compost weeds and dead leaves, protect your lawn, keep tender greens safe, and carry out winter pruning on fruit trees.
