Xeric Garden Calender - Winter
Hopes...It can be difficult to be positive about winter - after all, the daylight wanes at mid-afternoon across Canada, and snow and ice covers the land. Getting out into the garden seems a wasted effort, you can't see the soil and the only indication that plants are under there are the humps where you know there are beds. Keeping optimism flowing can be an uphill battle.
Dreams...Research is one thing that you'll have plenty of time to do during those cold snowy winter days. Reading the seed catalogues that you will have ordered in November will take up a good portion of time. Decisions about the varieties of vegetables you will grow in your organic garden is nerve wracking. Lists will grow, and be crossed off. Eventually, you'll be fairly confident you have decided on what to order. Even if you're sure, leave it for a couple more days, as guaranteed, you'll remember something else you badly want.
If you've started a worm farm and have it in your basement or root cellar, make sure you feed your 'herd' of worms. They continue to eat as long as the bedding in their container isn't frozen. I give mine chopped up compost - you can even put it through a blender - and coffee grounds and tea leaves are already small enough. Starting seeds in January or February is a sure-fire way to cheer a person up. It's a guarantee that spring will come, one day.
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