Welcome, February! We are always grateful to hear from our readers. A lot of times, you add some wonderfully helpful gardening advice, too! 

“Thank You for a brilliant website it helps greatly in all areas, Composting, Soil, Potting, Planting, Harvesting & Cooking.”

“I call all my gardening efforts,
“experiments.” It’s a challenge growing things in pots. Being able to snip a few chives or basil from a pot is very empowering/envigorating.”

“Love reading about seasonal cycles and their deeper meaning.”

Some tips from our community:

“Why not put some plants the animals seem to like the most out side of the fencing to deter them from your main garden. I have heard it works” – Anonymous

“I have had grown citrus trees in pots (have 8 right now) for over 20 years. They are not the same trees but I have lost many trying to keep them in two different growing zones (not 7-10). Here in zone 6, I would never keep them in my house but they stay in my garage through the winter under a shop light with daylight brightness.” – Bronwen Wagner

“Jelly bags and a rack to hold them are almost essential if you are canning jellies.” – Anonymous

If you’d like to share your feedback in a future issue, please comment below or email your comments, feedback, and suggestions to submissions@foodgardening.com with “Subscriber Feedback” in the email subject line.