January in the garden

We've had some nice days in January and it has given me garden fever - B-I-G time. I'm so ready to plant something - but I know we're in for more cold - so I'm holding off. I did go to the local greenhouse though and I got my onions and potatoes. I'm going to plant my potatoes in my tires and stack them - you plant the potato and then when the plant gets about 8" you put a tire on top of the bottom tire and put more soil around the plant and just leave the top 2" of the potato plant sticking up and then let it grow again and do the same thing again. I got the idea from here .

I'm storing my onions in the shop on a bed of damp soil where it's still nice and cold - I didn't even take them out of the bundle -- it's still too cold and way to wet to plant them yet. I don't want them wet, just a little damp - I'll probably spritz them with a spray bottle every now and again.

I'm storing the potatoes here in the house, I haven't cut them yet, but it won't matter if they're here in the warm house and sprout - hopefully it will dry out and warm up just enough to plant the potatoes and onions soon.