I see you there...sketching out garden plans for spring, gazing longingly through seed catalogs, carefully recording planting dates.  I know I am not alone!  My dear neighbor sent a message saying that Atwoods had their seed potatoes in, which sent me into a gardening frenzy.  

No, it can't be time to put in potatoes, what about other early spring crops!  Maybe I should be out there wrestling with the jungle of dead tomato vines RIGHT NOW!!  (Okay, I know I'm not the only one with ginormous dead okra stalks standing tall next to trellises of gnarled tomato vines...am I?  Fess up, people!)

Then, I went to Wal-Mart and saw this:

I know...it's enough to send you right over the edge, right?

I'm not good at doing this winter thing.  I prefer the promise of a new garden and the smell of freshly turned dirt, the summer harvest and canning season, the late summer tomatoes and okra.  Christmas keeps me occupied for a bit, but then I'm ready to jump right back into the garden.  

Well, the good news is that spring will be here before we know it.  The seed catalogs are pouring in and there's plenty of sketching paper nearby.  The dates you see above are from my iGarden app on the iPhone, but I've yet to check these against the lunar recommendations for planting.  Anywho...they do give me hope that planting time is closer than it seems and I suppose that's all I need to make it through the next cold week!

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