January

• dream a little dream – order your seed catalogs and start browsing
• pace out your gardening areas (to the mystification of your children) and draw endless plans of what glorious vegetables will grow where
• wonder what your neighbours will think when you rototill the front lawn and turn it into a giant garden. plan a neighbourly outreach program involving free vegetables to allay any attacks from the pro-grass brigade
• plan trip to local hardware store to buy supplies for raised beds and vertical supports. get excited at possibility of hammering
• look at snow coating everything and sigh
• try to figure out how much to plant to feed a family of five
• start lettuce and spinach from seed inside