With a winter chill in the air, it’s a perfect time to think ‘rearranging’. However, Richard Price’s words remind me on this first 2012 posting that “Writers spend three years rearranging 26 letters of the alphabet. It's enough to make you lose your mind day by day.” So rather than rearrange too many words today, here’s a simple tip about getting yourself in order for the upcoming planting season. Rearrange your seed drawer! Seeds kicking around the shed or basement, although dear to us, may not be good for another season. It’s like those cans that spin around in the lazy Susan way past its expiration date.
So while the colorful seed catalogs start to fill our garden in-box, allow the deep chilling days of January to fall under the word, ‘assessment’. First priority – rearrange that seed drawer. Whether you want to hold onto those packets for another year is entirely up to you but if you want a high yield rate, it’s best to start fresh. So thin out the herd a bit. There are nifty charts or expiration dates on the packet that spell out the ‘sell by date’ but if you want each seed to come through for you, start the New Year with a clean slate.
So while the colorful seed catalogs start to fill our garden in-box, allow the deep chilling days of January to fall under the word, ‘assessment’. First priority – rearrange that seed drawer. Whether you want to hold onto those packets for another year is entirely up to you but if you want a high yield rate, it’s best to start fresh. So thin out the herd a bit. There are nifty charts or expiration dates on the packet that spell out the ‘sell by date’ but if you want each seed to come through for you, start the New Year with a clean slate.
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If you like this blog, remember to post and become a friend on our fan page at http://www.facebook.com/abilowz or follow me on twitter http://twitter.com/annbilowz (where there are even more shared tidbits) or subscribe on the blog to receive posts daily via email or a feed. Either way, we hope you follow the postings somewhere in cyberspace and share it with your gardening friends. Questions, comments or thoughts, contact me direct at annbilowz@gmail.com Happy Gardening. Annie
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