January Garden update

January is probably the least interesting month of the year for gardening but it seemed like it was time for an update. I planted some primrose today because it's the only colorful thing available right now. I also put a few more ornamental cabbages in a couple of weeks ago, again...just needed a blast of color. And that is the reason for the yellow pot with rosemary in it. I want to add more permanent visually pleasing things and that seemed like a good start. I am getting desperate for things to do in the garden so i trimmed the lavender and did some general clean up of dead stuff last week. Still need to prune the fruit trees. The fava beans are doing well as is the garlic. It will be interesting to see if the favas get as big as last year. So far they are relatively small bushes but that could change if we ever get some sun. Corvallis has been under a blanket of freezing fog for the last week. But during my run up Dimple this AM all it took was a couple of miles to get to beautiful sunshine. I don't think i've ever seen such a thick covering in the valley though, it was obvious it would not be burning off, so I was glad I ran up their for a bit of vitamin D. Just a smidge but it can't hurt. Looking forward to Spring for sure...