Get Ready for Spring Planting This Winter!

Spring Planting

One of the ways gardeners “cope” with winter is to plan for spring!

But this is not just an exercise to make you feel better about the cold and the gray weather. Getting ready for spring planting is actually a practical activity that prepares your garden for spring plants.

It also makes the growing season go more smoothly when you have a plan and start early.

Here are my tips on getting ready for spring planting.

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Brighten Your Home With Fresh Flowers This Winter

Winter flowers indoors

Fresh flowers in wintertime!

They seem like an impossibility, but there are some really neat ways to get the beauty of fresh flowers into your home during the winter months. You can grow live indoor blooming plants, or force branches and bulbs indoors.

Here are some ideas on how to bring fresh flowers into your home this winter.

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