Prescott Garden Keeping - February Edition

🌿 February in the Prescott Garden
Your Monthly Garden Keeping Summary from The Whiskey Porch

February feels like the stir of spring in Prescott. It's the month to plant bareroot trees, roses, and shrubs; start sowing early annuals; and prepare the soil and systems before things fully awaken. This is a proactive month—plant, prune, and plan with purpose.​
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🌼 Seasonal Highlights

• Plant bareroot trees, roses, and shrubs — plus sow wildflower seeds and direct-seed peas, poppies, pansies, and fava beans for summer blooms
• Prep for spring growth — tidy beds, top-dress with compost, prune fruit trees, apply pre-emergent, and clean tools ahead of the busy season

📝 Full Checklist is on our Substack.  The Prescott Garden Keeping Journal – February Edition includes:

• 🌱 Plants & Planting
• 💦 Water
• 🦌 Critters
• ✂️ Maintenance
• 📝 Planning & Reflecting

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​A Quick note about my shift to substack

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I’m moving all of my seasonal content — including these monthly garden checklists and my more personal reflections on design, simple living, and the art of living well — over to Substack.

It’s a quieter, more intentional space where I can share practical tips, stories, and behind-the-scenes moments — all without ads or social media noise.  And, we can foster a more personal conversation there which feels more like sharing from the porch than broadcasting into the algorithm void.

It’s still completely FREE to follow along, and I’d love to welcome you there.

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Need more tips and inspiration?

You can find lots more good stuff and inspiration on our Garden Resources page if you'd like to start dreaming about next season!

Cottage Garden Resources

There it is - thanks so much for reading.  I have a full year's worth of checklists up for you to review.  And I review and update them each year.  Let me know if have any other items you typically do annually in February - I'd love to hear!

Peace  & Contentment,
~Miriam