I wrote this particular blog entry more than once over the last two weeks. But this morning as I put fingers to keys I realized where I wanted to start the New Year.
January is the most optimistic month for Gardeners. I believe we suffer from a short-term memory loss over the holidays. That’s the only plausible explanation I have for being so eager to start all over again on the herb garden. It seems like only yesterday that I was utterly exhausted from making repeated trips to the compost pile with the wheelbarrow. Work did not end when daylight failed as I harvested into the dark with a miner’s light on my forehead. But here I am basking in the joy of preparing for a new year. I can’t wait for the flood of catalogs to begin arriving so I can pour over them for hours and plan for the New Year! January is a time to make decisions about what you want to grow in your herb and vegetable garden. And this can be the most fun you can have indoors with a garden!
My only solace is a...
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