It's almost a month since I talked about dreaming, because that's what January is for.
Now, though, it's February, and spring is only two months away. It's time to start planning. So, what should you plan?
Unless your garden is new, I'm sure you've got standard things you do every year. There might be window boxes you always plant with red geraniums. There might be a patch of annuals you put around your mailbox. There might be a vegetable garden that you grow the same five veggies in year after year. Maybe you have well established beds of perennials that only require weeding and dividing to look beautiful.
And that's great.
Those routines are what keep us sane as spring arrives with its flurry of activity following the long winter break. Routines are what get our hands dirty and our spirits raised when all we really want is to get out in the sun and the fresh air again. They allow us to take our time and smell the roses (or pansies) and listen to bird song. If they make you happy, don't change them. If your routine plantings look good, leave them as they are. Of course, you still need to do a bit of planning, but planning for the routine doesn't take very long. Make your shopping list of seeds and transplants, and check for your local nurseries. Place your catalog and internet orders. Do it now. There, you've started gardening for 2011.
Now what do you do? Well, in February, with two months left until spring, it's time for something else. It's time to plan for changes. Take a moment and look back on last year. If you kept a journal or took pictures, look at those. What didn't look good in your garden? What didn't fill you with pleasure and pride? What made your soul wither a little every time you walked past it? Too dramatic? Okay, then. What did you simply wish was different?
Go ahead, make a list. Bring it back here tomorrow and I'll bring mine, and together we'll take our next step in planning our beautiful gardens.
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