I've been organizing my seeds at myfolia.com and started doing some trades. I've signed out some gardening books from the library to read and get ideas from.
I'm looking forward to doing more gardening as last year I had knee replacement surgery in May and it curtailed my gardening. I've had to rethink how I do some things and I'm itching to get started.

Here is a link that might be useful: My blog

Hi Craftygardener,

I'm already reading your blog - been cruising GW. Fantastic version on the 12 Days of Xmas. Great colours on your afghan....okay I'm still over there now so I'd better post this.

Highly recommended to go for a visit!

Cheers,
Peggy

Thanks for visiting my blog Peggy. It is another of my hobbies to pass away winter hours.

Yay! It's cold but sunny today. I'm spring cleaning my spare room today - yup. Charity and garbage already in progress. I can see floor! (If you saw this room since the fall you'd understand....) Whoooooohoooo. Even found another container of garden seeds.

Pulled out stuff to wash tomorrow in the tub - my seed starting flats (I do indoor), my garden solar light parts.

There is a walk in closet without any hardware in it - so I use it to store totes (labeled for my own sanity). I've put the xmas stuff in the back bottom. Found more stuff to go out. And moving clutter back into their appropriate places from xmas crafting. Sorting a few things just chucked there for whatever reason. I don't have a basement, this room has been a fill in but needs an overhaul. Feels good to finally be at it. Actually going to enjoy running the vacuum, dusting and wiping down surfaces.

Might be early Jan - to me it's never to early to start prepping my planting room. It's super sunny and I have my outdoor plant green house (4 shelf unit) set up by the static patio door. Some plants are already on there. Last winter into spring that room was bursting with my babies on any surface available.

The other reason for the spring clean is my friend is giving me 2 wall storage units that are low and fit under my side windows. Perfect for storing my stuff in the lower cupboards, top area for seed starts and gardening stuff until the spring. No more tripping over stuff.

What are you doing now?

Cheers,
Peggy

Peggy ~ You sure sound busy. Good therapy I always say! I have been doing seed inventory and browsing through seed catalogues (not that I need any more) but fun to do just the same. In the midst of all this, I seem to have misplaced quite a few seeds. I simply cannot remember where I put my tomato stash, sunflowers, nasturtium and grains. Hmmmm. Of course they could be almost anywhere in this over crowded, packed to the ceiling old house and I am sure they will show up. In the meantime, I am in the garage also throwing out junk and sorting bins so I can get my decorations I made this year into the garage for storage. Such fun!

I go to bed at night with 3 shelties and a stack of garden books to keep me warm in the basement of this old house. Kinda like my cave. I actually really like to just do my planning and thinking down in the dungeon until the sun is up. It is quiet and all mine!

I think I will start some seeds under lights and do some winter sowing in the next couple of weeks. Shuffle around a few plants that have been wintering in the house and order a few more seeds for spring starts. We have had almost no snow here yet and unseasonably warm weather so my body is rather confused. I miss the snow and cold as it helps to keep my seasonal rhythm in time. Perhaps it is still coming and terribly late. *sigh*

Working on organizing my fabric stash and getting things cleared out to sell the house.

That's it for this old house right now. Hope everyone had a good new year and that 2012 will be even better than the last.

Namaste

Ginny

Yep! organized the seeds and ordered more.
Now onto cleaning the house,-- and getting it ready to sell when
prices are good.
Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer so will try a shovel in the ground.
There will likely be a lot of winter kill this year.
Caroline

I planted my daylily and iris seeds the other day. The daylilies are starting to grow already! I've ordered seeds from Dams and The Cottage Gardener. As soon as they come I will be starting onions, leeks and celeriac. I say it's never to early to start something! Marg