Garden Journal January 2026- Let's get started/ Gartenjournal Januar 2026- Legen wir los.

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Hello everyone, and I wish you all a wonderful day. After some time to myself, I can finally report back with some news – what I've already got started and what my approach will be this season.
Winter is still very much in full swing in Germany, which doesn't surprise me, as we're still in the middle of winter until spring begins. But what I'm looking forward to about the coming gardening season is that I can already start growing slow-growing plants. I've already planted quite a few things in pots, and this year I'm going to step it up a notch compared to last year. All crop rotations have already been planned, and I've also thought through how to use the greenhouses so that their capacity is optimally utilised.

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What I was still missing was a light bulb that would strengthen my plants and allow them to grow healthily while there were still not many hours of daylight available. So I opted for full-spectrum panels, which I could install neatly to provide the growing stations with sufficient light. I simply supplement the lamp's operating time with the existing hours of daylight – although it wouldn't be necessary to save energy, because the panels consume very little. But you want to live sustainably and therefore try to achieve a small saving here too.

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What I have already planted in the pots are the following treasures: aubergines, which I can combine very well with peppers, basil and chilli peppers in the greenhouse – all varieties are already in the ground. Then there are the physalis, which everyone is raving about and which I have never grown before... as well as the melon pear, which keeps popping up and which I simply have to try. This is a perennial fruit plant that I will definitely let overwinter for next year. Fruit is always a little treat for me, which is why you can never have enough strawberries – I prefer those too. They just grow incredibly slowly, and I hope to be able to cultivate them in the garden at the end of the summer.

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Then, of course, some herbs, because this year they should get a really good home. I already have an idea in mind, but with the current temperatures, it's not feasible yet. I'll have to wait until it gets warmer. Rosemary, parsley, thyme and Moroccan mint are already on the way, and the rest will come in due course.
As I'm a huge fan of celeriac and kohlrabi, they can't be left out either – so they're already in pots, getting ready for May. I'm really looking forward to seeing the first buds, but I'll have to wait a little longer for that. In the meantime, I dug up the asparagus I planted last year, took a look at it and then gave it some fresh soil and more space to root.

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There, you could already see the first buds growing, but they still have a long way to go before I can harvest them – so patience remains the order of the day. And my personal highlight of my hibernation was learning new gardening methods. I discovered many methods that have been completely forgotten, and I will introduce some of them to you this year. So look forward to perhaps long-forgotten knowledge – in the hope of increasing our yields and the well-being of our garden.

Until next time, and may you all be richly blessed. 💚

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Hallo zusammen und euch allen einen wundervollen Tag gewünscht. Nach einiger Zeit für mich selbst kann ich nun endlich wieder Neues berichten – was ich alles schon in den Start gebracht habe und wie meine Vorgehensweise in dieser Saison sein wird.
Der Winter kickt ja noch sehr in Deutschland, was mich nicht wundert, denn wir sind ja auch noch mitten im Winter, bis das Frühjahr beginnt. Aber was mich an der kommenden Gartensaison freut, ist, dass ich jetzt schon beginnen kann, langsam wachsende Pflanzen vorzuziehen. Da ist schon einiges in die Töpfe gekommen, und dieses Jahr lege ich noch einmal eine Schippe drauf im Vergleich zum vorherigen Jahr. Alle Fruchtfolgen sind bereits geplant, und auch die Nutzung der Gewächshäuser habe ich so durchdacht, dass ihre Kapazität optimal ausgeschöpft wird.

Was mir bei allem noch fehlte, war eine Lichtlampe, die meine Pflanzen stärkt und gesund wachsen lässt, solange noch keine langen Lichtstunden vorhanden sind. Also entschied ich mich für vollspektrale Panels, die ich sauber montieren konnte, um die Anzuchtstationen mit ausreichend Licht zu versorgen. Ich ergänze die Zeit der Lampe einfach mit den vorhandenen hellen Stunden – obwohl es nicht nötig wäre, Energie zu sparen, denn die Panels verbrauchen wirklich wenig. Aber man möchte nachhaltig leben und versucht daher auch hier, ein kleines Ersparnis zu erzielen.

Was ich jetzt schon in die Töpfe gesetzt habe, sind folgende Schätze: Auberginen, die ich sehr gut mit Paprika, Basilikum und Peperoni im Gewächshaus kombinieren kann – alle Arten sitzen schon in der Erde. Dann die Physalis, die gerade alle hypen und die ich bisher noch nie angebaut habe… genauso wie die Melonenbirne, die immer wieder auftaucht und die ich einfach ausprobieren muss. Das ist eine mehrjährige Obstpflanze, die ich auf jeden Fall überwintern lassen werde für das nächste Jahr. Obst ist für mich immer eine kleine Süßigkeit, weshalb man nie genug Erdbeeren haben kann – die ziehe ich ebenfalls vor. Sie wachsen einfach irre langsam, und ich hoffe, sie am Ende des Sommers im Garten kultivieren zu können.

Dann natürlich einiges an Kräutern, denn in diesem Jahr sollen sie ein richtig gutes Zuhause bekommen. Mir schwebt schon eine Idee vor, aber bei den aktuellen Temperaturen ist das noch nicht umsetzbar. Da muss ich mich gedulden, bis es wärmer wird. Rosmarin, Petersilie, Thymian und marokkanische Minze sind schon am Start, und der Rest kommt zu seiner Zeit.
Da ich ein riesiger Fan von Knollensellerie und Kohlrabi bin, dürfen die natürlich auch nicht fehlen – also sitzen sie ebenfalls schon in den Töpfen, um sich auf den Mai vorzubereiten. Meine Vorfreude liegt natürlich darin, die erste Knospe zu sehen, worauf ich noch etwas warten muss. Aber dafür habe ich den Spargel, den ich letztes Jahr eingepflanzt habe, ausgebuddelt, mir angesehen und dann mit frischer Erde und mehr Platz zum Wurzeln ausgestattet.

Dort sah man schon die ersten Knospen wachsen, die aber noch lange brauchen, bis ich sie ernten kann – also bleibt Geduld das Motto. Und mein persönliches Highlight meines Winterschlafs war, mir neue Gartenmethoden anzueignen. Ich habe viele Methoden entdeckt, die völlig in Vergessenheit geraten sind, und ich werde euch einige davon in diesem Jahr vorstellen. Also freut euch auf vielleicht längst vergessenes Wissen – in der Hoffnung, unsere Erträge und unser Gartenwohl zu steigern.

Bis zum nächsten Mal und seid alle reichlich gesegnet. 💚

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This is such a joy to read. I can feel the patience, planning and quiet excitement that comes with gardening through the seasons. I like how you balanced modern tools with respect for nature and even bring back forgotten methods.

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Thank you so much for your lovely comment 💚... yes, I'm just so incredibly excited for spring and finally being able to get back to gardening. This year, I'm going to introduce some very old and forgotten traditions in cultivation and try them out myself, so I'd love to hear your feedback when the time comes. 😍
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Wow! You're so organised! Do you have an outdoor greenhouse with power? I bought a small one for my garden last year but it has no power so I reckon it's only a little warmer than outdoors. I put some young chilli plants and a tomato inside before winter and they've all died.

I still have to wait a couple more months before I can start to grow anything. I can't wait to start again

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Hello, it's nice to hear from you 💚... Unfortunately, I don't have electricity in my greenhouse, but I grow all my plants at home until May... Here, they say that after the frost saints, i.e. mid-May, there is no more frost, so all the plants I have grown at home are stable and large enough to be put outside and continue growing there. This allows me to use some of the beds twice a year for harvesting. This is very practical.

Chillies take a long time to grow, so January is probably the best time for them, as it is for peppers. Why not try this method yourself.
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In that case I might try to start sowing some seeds indoors soon in preparation for the growing season. I have some indoor plants and they seem to attract some little flies, so that's my only worry. Maybe I need to change the soil...

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I will have to get this light as well. My wife started growing something using an ice bulb.
The plants sprouted, but later they only germinated a lot, which did not end well.
I wish you much more success.

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I bought these discs for less than 10euro on Amazon. They really help prevent the plants from becoming too leggy. I hope this year goes better for you. And thank you, I wish you every success. !PIZZA
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Very nice sharing. Wishing you all the best in your planting and the harvest later!
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Thank you very much. Have a wonderful day. !PIZZA
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