Winter Gardening - Armchair Digging!

Through seed catalogs that is! No dirty nails when winter gardening! This is the time for planning the garden design for next year. Whilst the snow and ice cover the earth you can dream of planting a garden that will flourish in the late spring.

Gardening in winter is a lot about planning. What to plant. Where to plant it. Annuals or Perennials? Whether this color scheme of plants will go with that one or maybe an entirely different garden layout is needed.

Gardens in winter are devoid of all but the hardiest of plants, and those under the ground already protected by fertilizers and moss or leaves to keep them from the frost’s harm. This leaves you guilt-free to enjoy the plethora of garden magazines to inspire your thoughts during the winter evenings. Winter “planting” is fun. Looking through color charts, gardening catalogs, and brochures. Making sketches and drawings of how you see the garden looking once the things you have planted start to grow.

Dreaming of a Spring Garden

As the winter progresses, and spring draws nearer, gardening starts to become more of a practical exercise once again. Trips to the gardening supply stores become increasingly regular as the range of products gets ready for the annual spring planting madness. Seed trays, potting compost and other supplies lie waiting in the garden shed. The plans of the early winter need implementing early on so that the planting is ready to go into the garden once the weather takes the ice out of the air – and ground!

Spring tends to pounce suddenly from out of winter’s shadow and then there’s the spring rush as gardeners prepare their land ready to plant in the first seeds. Gardening plans made over the winter have their foundations set as the plant design takes shape in the earth.

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