Watering in the winter

If you haven't already you should change your sprinkler timer to off during the winter months. You do need to monitor what is going on though. Obviously when we are having rain your garden doesn't need water although there can be plants under protection where they don't get to participate in the rains. These can be in the ground or in pots.

These plants need to be checked occasionally to be sure they are not allowed to dry out. In addition when we are having frosty weather where the temps drop below 32 F plants can dry out. In some cases you may need to water every 3-7 days. It is counter intuitive but when we have frost/thaw weather plants dry out more quickly when the temps stay above 35F. In any case don't keep plants too wet. especially container plants.