{"id":11929,"date":"2021-01-03T20:01:25","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T04:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=11929"},"modified":"2021-01-03T20:01:26","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T04:01:26","slug":"january-gardening-oregon-vs-southern-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/january-gardening-oregon-vs-southern-california\/","title":{"rendered":"January gardening: Oregon vs Southern California"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Even if we get frost in Southern California it is quickly melted as the sun rises, unlike the above frost on a friend&#8217;s lawn in Corvallis, Oregon. For most gardeners in this area, January is a month of dormancy, a time to plan and prepare for spring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One way to prepare is to let your pigs root up last year&#8217;s garden area, as some other friends near Eugene have done here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"565\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pigs-prepare-garden-for-spring-planting-in-Oregon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11930\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pigs-prepare-garden-for-spring-planting-in-Oregon.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/pigs-prepare-garden-for-spring-planting-in-Oregon-480x339.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We in Southern California have no such down time, not necessarily. 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