Make January more active with simple winter walks, hikes, birding, snow play, night-sky watching, and safe outdoor habits that fit real life.
January is packed with playoff football, basketball, hockey, tennis, and more. See why the month feels so alive for sports fans and how to enjoy it without living on the couch.
Use January to protect garden soil, start slow-growing seeds, plan spring beds, and grow hardy vegetables with simple winter protection.
Build a low-cost herb garden with simple containers, easy cuttings, smart plant choices, and basic care tips for basil, mint, rosemary, thyme, and more.
Grow a simple summer vegetable garden with easy crops like lettuce, beets, zucchini, beans, and sweet corn, plus practical watering, harvest, and storage tips.
Protect cabbage, kale, broccoli, and other brassicas from cabbageworms, aphids, root maggots, and birds with row covers, crop rotation, hand checks, and beneficial insects.
Grow fava beans from seed with simple tips for cool-weather planting, soil, spacing, support, aphid control, harvest, and saving dry beans.
Learn how to grow shallots from sets or seed, with simple tips for planting time, spacing, watering, harvest, curing, and long-term storage.
Start seeds with better germination using the right temperature, moisture, light, seed-starting mix, soaking, scarification, and simple seedling care.
Learn how to grow bush, pole, lima, fava, snap, and dry beans with simple planting, support, watering, harvest, and storage tips for many climates.