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YAR D P L AN N E R’S ALMANAC
JANUARY Average Daytime -11.6°C Average Daytime Low: -21.6°C January 1: Sunrise 9:15 a.m. Sunset 5:05 p.m. January 15: Sunrise 9:08 a.m. Sunset 5:24 p.m. The nice thing about January is we have plenty of indoor hours to reflect on our yards and enjoy the increasing amounts of sunshine that come our way.
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I always use January and February to dream of and plan my ‘yardening’ projects. Those projects might be plant or landscape-related or they may be house-related.
Winter 2011
Your house is the backdrop for your landscape, so use these less hectic days to assess what needs to be done in terms of renovating or freshening up. Building construction takes place year-round, even in the dead of winter. If you
have a project such as door or window replacement or additions, well, “Git ‘er done!” I need a porch roof built over a new concrete step. Instead of waiting for spring, I am having it constructed over our frosty months. That way I can save