Year End Garden Checklist | Linda Vater ????

Happy New Year’s Eve, garden friends ????✨ Today I’m sharing my *Year End Garden Checklist* — a simple, practical winter garden reset that helps you reflect on what worked, plan what’s next, and head into spring feeling organized (instead of overwhelmed).

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In this video, we’re tackling my favorite end-of-year garden routine:
✅ Step 1: Pull out your garden journal + get it organized (plant tags, notes, articles, calendars)
✅ Step 2: Start a seed + plant wish list from catalogs and magazines (and order early when you can)
✅ Step 3: Walk the winter garden and note where you need more evergreen structure
✅ Step 4: Track “weird weather” + extreme temps so you can learn year to year
✅ Step 5: Do some garden dreaming — then translate inspiration into a real plan
✅ Step 6: Take inventory (fertilizers, pest control, tools, chargers/batteries) + get pruners/loppers sharpened before spring

Plant + seed mentions from my list:
• Linen Zinnias (Zinnia elegans)
• “Happy Jack” mini eggplants
• “Sugar Basket” orange cherry tomatoes (for a cascading habit over raised beds)

Evergreen structure idea:
• Where a hydrangea disappears in winter, consider adding an evergreen “punctuation mark” (like boxwood) and relocating the shrub for better year-round impact.

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CHAPTERS
00:00 Year End Garden Checklist (New Year’s Eve)
00:21 Garden journal reset + organizing notes
00:56 January 1 photo tradition (mini photo printer)
01:40 Walk the garden for evergreen structure
02:05 Hydrangea winter “blob” + boxwood idea
03:23 Seed catalogs + wish list system
04:08 Seeds to try: zinnias, eggplant, cherry tomatoes
07:49 Record extreme weather events
10:18 Garden dreaming + design books → practical plan
12:57 Inventory + prep: fertilizers, pests, chargers, sharpen tools
18:30 Happy New Year 2026


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