{"id":1200,"date":"2025-01-01T19:06:45","date_gmt":"2025-01-02T03:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/?p=1200"},"modified":"2025-01-03T10:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T18:59:00","slug":"what-to-do-in-a-southern-california-garden-in-january","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/what-to-do-in-a-southern-california-garden-in-january\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do in a Southern California garden in January"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Here it is: our deep winter. In January, we might see frost on our lettuce, and we can enjoy a fire in the fireplace. Appreciate it before it&#8217;s warm again for the rest of the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Have your deciduous fruit trees lost all of their leaves? Enjoy that look while it lasts, too. Next month, trees will already start blooming and leafing out again. Winter is brief indeed here in the Southland.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While January is our most wintery month, it remains a lively time in the garden. In January, we can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Sow and plant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Sow seeds or plant seedlings of these vegetables: artichoke, asparagus, beets, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-carrots-southern-california\/\">carrots<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-cilantro-in-southern-california\/\">cilantro<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-greens-in-southern-california\/\">greens<\/a> (chard, collards, kale, mustard, turnip), <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-and-harvesting-lettuce-in-southern-california\/\">lettuce<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-peas-in-southern-california\/\">peas<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-potatoes-in-southern-california\/\">potatoes<\/a>, radish, spinach<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cilantro-seedlings-in-modules.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cilantro-seedlings-in-modules-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9113\" style=\"width:530px;height:397px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cilantro-seedlings-in-modules-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cilantro-seedlings-in-modules-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/cilantro-seedlings-in-modules-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cilantro seedlings ready for planting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Planting seedlings is safer than sowing seeds of <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-broccoli-and-cauliflower-in-southern-california\/\">broccoli, cabbage, and cauliflower<\/a> in case the spring warms up fast<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/when-to-plant-tomatoes-in-southern-california\/\">Sowing tomatoes<\/a> indoors this month will mean plants are ready for putting into the garden in March<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/seed-catalogs-2025.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"712\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/seed-catalogs-2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22288\" style=\"width:419px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/seed-catalogs-2025.jpg 800w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/seed-catalogs-2025-480x427.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 800px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Seed companies often send out new catalogs in January. So exciting!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Starting vegetables from seed is empowering but challenging; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/starting-vegetable-seeds-six-keys-to-success\/\">here are my six keys to success<\/a>; if starting seeds in containers in a mix, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/comparing-four-mixes-for-starting-vegetable-seeds\/\">here is guidance on which to use<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/propagating-grapes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plant cuttings of pomegranates and grapes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/bare-root-season-is-here-the-best-time-to-buy-and-plant-a-deciduous-fruit-tree-is-now\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Plant bare-root fruit and nut trees<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Plant blackberries, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-raspberries-in-southern-california\/\">raspberries<\/a>, strawberries, and <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/growing-blueberries-in-southern-california\/\">blueberries<\/a>; this includes transplanting shoots or runners of these plants from your own mother plants <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Put in plants that are native to your neighborhood, especially&nbsp;in a part of your yard where you don&#8217;t want to irrigate; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/natives-at-the-roadside-2020-update\/\">(my post on natives I&#8217;ve planted)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manzanita.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"672\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manzanita.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16498\" style=\"width:545px;height:407px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manzanita.jpg 900w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/manzanita-480x358.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 900px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Manzanita in my yard with light pink flowers in January.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Harvest and eat<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From your garden, here in January you can be eating . . .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Vegetables: beets, broccoli, brussels sprouts, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, cilantro, greens (chard, collards, kale, mustard, turnip), green onions, lettuce, parsley, peas, potatoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cauliflowers-and-cabbage-harvested-in-January.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"615\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cauliflowers-and-cabbage-harvested-in-January-1024x615.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14030\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.6642685851318946;width:574px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cauliflowers-and-cabbage-harvested-in-January-1024x615.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cauliflowers-and-cabbage-harvested-in-January-980x589.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/cauliflowers-and-cabbage-harvested-in-January-480x288.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Cauliflowers and cabbage harvested in January 2022.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dry-January-tomatoes-and-lettuce-broccoli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dry-January-tomatoes-and-lettuce-broccoli.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22308\" style=\"width:711px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dry-January-tomatoes-and-lettuce-broccoli.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dry-January-tomatoes-and-lettuce-broccoli-980x654.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/dry-January-tomatoes-and-lettuce-broccoli-480x320.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Some Januarys are dry and warm enough to keep tomatoes ripening while cilantro and broccoli grow well too. Such is  early January 2025, shown here.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Fruits: avocados (<a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/the-bacon-avocado-tree-a-profile\/\">Bacon<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@GregAlder:6\/zutano-avocado-a-profile:0?r=BDahi4KzMi7VCpHiUV5H65V8391nAJAW\">Zutano<\/a>, Mayo\/Covocado, <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@GregAlder:6\/stewart-avocado-a-profile:f?r=BDahi4KzMi7VCpHiUV5H65V8391nAJAW\">Stewart<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/the-fuerte-avocado-tree-a-profile\/\">Fuerte<\/a>, Nowels, <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@GregAlder:6\/ettinger-avocado-a-profile:1?r=BDahi4KzMi7VCpHiUV5H65V8391nAJAW\">Ettinger<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/odysee.com\/@GregAlder:6\/puebla-avocado-a-profile:0?r=BDahi4KzMi7VCpHiUV5H65V8391nAJAW\">Puebla<\/a>), citrus (grapefruit, limes, mandarins like <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/satsuma-vs-kishu-comparing-two-early-mandarins\/\">Satsuma and Kishu<\/a>, navel oranges like <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/saving-the-parent-washington-navel-orange-tree\/\">Washington<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/cara-cara-navel-orange-tree-a-profile\/\">Cara Cara<\/a>)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Washington-navel-and-Cara-Cara-navel-oranges-cut-open.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Washington-navel-and-Cara-Cara-navel-oranges-cut-open.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14260\" style=\"width:586px;height:411px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Washington-navel-and-Cara-Cara-navel-oranges-cut-open.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Washington-navel-and-Cara-Cara-navel-oranges-cut-open-980x689.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Washington-navel-and-Cara-Cara-navel-oranges-cut-open-480x337.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Two navel oranges that taste great in January.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Miscellaneous<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Prune deciduous fruit trees and grape vines; it&#8217;s easy to see the structure of the bare branches now <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FWu4u--cZ84&amp;list=PL37AEDA6A66148EB1&amp;index=7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(here&#8217;s a good video on winter pruning from Tom Spellman of Dave Wilson Nursery)<\/a>; my <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/my-best-advice-on-pruning-deciduous-fruit-trees-keep-them-small\/\">best advice on pruning fruit trees is to keep them small<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Flavor-King-pluot-tree-January-leaves-fallen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Flavor-King-pluot-tree-January-leaves-fallen.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22311\" style=\"width:585px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Flavor-King-pluot-tree-January-leaves-fallen.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Flavor-King-pluot-tree-January-leaves-fallen-980x742.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Flavor-King-pluot-tree-January-leaves-fallen-480x363.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Without leaves in January, this Flavor King pluot shows its branches, making pruning easier.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Collect or redirect rainwater so it sinks into your yard near your plants and isn&#8217;t lost into the street<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Walk around on a cold evening or morning to notice warmer and chillier spots; note them because later you&#8217;ll want to put plants in those spots that like those conditions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Observe where afternoon shade is; don&#8217;t place your vegetable garden there unless you only want to grow in the summer; <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/starting-a-vegetable-garden-in-southern-california\/\">details in my post on starting a vegetable garden<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Cut scion wood for <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/grafting-deciduous-fruit-trees-in-winter-in-southern-california\/\">grafting stone and pome fruits<\/a> (apricot, plum, peach, pear, apple); you might also start grafting here in January, or you can store scions in the fridge for a month or longer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graft-union-on-peach-tree.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graft-union-on-peach-tree-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5007\" style=\"width:415px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graft-union-on-peach-tree-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graft-union-on-peach-tree-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graft-union-on-peach-tree-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graft-union-on-peach-tree-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graft-union-on-peach-tree-510x382.jpg 510w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graft-union-on-peach-tree-1080x810.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/graft-union-on-peach-tree.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Splice graft on peach tree done in 2019, shown here healed and grown out in 2020.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Cut scion wood for <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/grafting-avocados\/\">grafting avocados<\/a>, but it&#8217;s usually best to keep the scions in the fridge and wait until February or March to graft<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Grafting-avocados-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"750\" src=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Grafting-avocados-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14186\" style=\"width:509px;height:382px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Grafting-avocados-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Grafting-avocados-1-980x735.jpg 980w, https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/Grafting-avocados-1-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1000px, 100vw\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Avocado scions ready for storage in the fridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Find your nearest <a href=\"https:\/\/crfg.org\/2022-scion-exchanges\/\">California Rare Fruit Growers chapter and attend their 2025 scion exchange<\/a>, where fruit-growing enthusiasts share scions for grafting and cuttings for rooting; this is a great place to meet others and learn from those with lots of grafting and rooting experience; the <a href=\"https:\/\/growrarefruit.org\/2025-scion-exchange-a-gathering-for-fruit-growers\">North San Diego County chapter&#8217;s<\/a> scion exchange is in Vista on January 25, 2025; the <a href=\"https:\/\/crfg-scv.elementor.cloud\/scion-exchange\/\">Santa Clara Valley chapter&#8217;s<\/a> scion exchange is in Mountain View and also on January 25, 2025; (some other chapters have their scion exchanges in February)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; Start a journal or calendar for notes for the new year; jot down weather observations, irrigation schedules, sowing and planting dates, arrival of pests, harvest times (next January you&#8217;ll thank yourself); see my post <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/taking-notes-on-your-garden\/\">&#8220;Taking notes on your garden&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>All of my Yard Posts are listed <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/list-of-yard-posts\/\">HERE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thanks to all who <a href=\"https:\/\/gregalder.com\/yardposts\/supporting-the-yard-posts\/\">support<\/a> my Yard Posts work!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here it is: our deep winter. In January, we might see frost on our lettuce, and we can enjoy a fire in the fireplace. Appreciate it before it&#8217;s warm again for the rest of the year. Have your deciduous fruit trees lost all of their leaves? Enjoy that look while it lasts, too. 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