Minnesota February Garden Guide

It’s already February and we are closer to indoor seed sowing season! I start a few vegetables and flowers early this month such as onions, celery, and pansies. Now is a good time to order pepper and tomato seeds as they will need to be started in the next 4-6 weeks. Days are getting longer, and we are now 47 days until spring. Enjoy this last month of winter by embracing it with nature.

• Start milk jug greenhouses to grow many types of annuals, perennials, herbs, and veggies
• Send someone you love roses for Valentines Day
• Construct a cold frame to sow early season crops like cabbage, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts
• Host a Super Bowl chili pot luck party – Here is my recipe for Spicy Beef Chili , it is so good!
• Visit the Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
• Late winter is a great time for pruning certain trees and shrubs, for more information read the link below from the University of Minnesota Extension Winter is a good time to prune trees and shrubs | UMN Extension
• Think about starting a new bee lawn or rain garden
• Take pictures of wildlife in your yard
• Fertilize houseplants with a weak treatment towards end of month as daylight really increases
• Check out garden books from the library
• Learn a new homesteading skill
• Set up an indoor seed starting station and clean gear
• Draw out final garden plans with some new colored pencils
• Make a list of herbs and vegetables to grow for preservation
• Spend 30 minutes outdoors daily

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February Calendar

Signs: Aquarius & Pisces

Flower: Violet

Birthstone: Amethyst

February is National Cherry Month

1- Eat Ice Cream For Breakfast Day

2- Groundhog Day

3- Carrot Cake Day

4- Homemade Soup Day

5- Weather Person Day

6- Chopsticks Day

7- Girls and Women in Sports Day

8- Kite Flying Day

9- Pizza Day and Super Bowl LIX

10- Umbrella Day

11- Peppermint Patty Day

12-Full Snow Moon

13- Pancake Day

14- Happy Valentines Day

15- Gumdrop Day

16- Almond Day

17-Presidents Day

18- Drink Wine Day

19- Chocolate Mint Day

20-Comfy Day

21- Sticky Bun Day

22- Margarita Day

23- Banana Bread Day

24- Tortilla Chip Day

25- Clam Chowder Day

26- Pistachio Day

27-Chili Day

28- Tooth Fairy Day

Fog in February brings frost in May