This week in Janet & Steven's gardens

We have our priorities each week

but they may not be what you expect!

Here's the department of quick forays into things worth doing each week of the year. Here are three ways to find what you need here, plus an explanation off the different formats:

1) Week by week calendar of what-to-do

First, we've begun compiling 20 years of newsletter highlights in a week-by-week calendar. We hope it's helpful and that you'll tell us how it works for you or how we can make it better.

If you're not in our same climate zone you can still use our calendar as a guide to gardening and to topics on this website. Simply use the season designation (winter, spring, summer, fall) rather than the month (February, May, July, October, etc.).

2) In-depth articles

We write new, in-depth articles each week and post them in the menu at left. We keep those pertinent to the current year and current season in that menu, then move them to our Ensemble Weekly editions, where you can find many years worth of articles organized by time of year when they will be most useful. On our calendar there are links to take you from quick tip to relevant in-depth articles.

3) Search

Of course a Search will take you to any topic in a blink!

Even in winter,
things to do to
make the whole
growing season
better.

Season	Week of year (MI zone 5)	Grow with us! This week we're:
Early winter	1 January
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Winter back to top	3
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	5 February back to top
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Late winter	7	Cook with herbs enjoy garden smells
	8	Spread slow release organic fertliizer Choose new perennials
	9 March	Exercise before going out! Increase water and fertilizer indoors Clip back indoor plants Prune young trees Rejuvenate overgrown shrubs Cut excess growth from Wisteria Cut back summer blooming shrubs Cut ornamental grasses to the soil
	10	Patrol for woody weeds Prune summer blooming shrubs Prune foliage shrubs to control size Prune shrubs to have fresh new canes Repot houseplants Resume fertilizing houseplants
Early spring	11	Keep cutting shrubs for new growth Cut evergreen herbs for new growth Check for deer/rabbit/vole damage. Cut back houseplants
	12	Check and repair sprinkler systems. Cut late blooming clematis to ground. Cut 1/3 canes out of hybrid clematis
	13	Clip climber rose to main canes & spurs Fix and clean trellises, decks, lights
	14 April	Spread slow release organic fertilizer. Weed beds beginning with edges. Divide perennials.
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Spring back to top	16
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	18 May back to top
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Late spring	21
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	23 June
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Early summer	25
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	27 July back to top
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Summer back to top	29
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	31 August
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Late summer	33
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	36 September
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Early fall	38
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	40 October back to top
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Fall back to top	42
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	44 November
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Late fall	47
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	49 December
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Early winter	51
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