A month to sit by the fire and dream of glorious gardens to come. Gather your seed catalogs and make lovely drawings of your gardens for the coming year.
Take a breath.
INDOORS
Order vegetable and herb seeds, fruit trees, and brambles.
Order flower seeds, roses, dahlias, and summer flowering bulbs.
Replace poinsettias with cyclamen.
Pot up some more paperwhites.
Bring in potted bulbs from cold storage.
IN THE KITCHEN
Comfort food.
Root crops.
Hot chocolate.
Make Preserved Lemons, Kumquat Chutney, Meyer Lemon Curd, or Key Lime Pickle.
Seasonal Recipes
Quinoa Patties Stuffed Squash Red Lentil Soup Raspberry Cheesecake
Mushroom Frittata Brownies Green Tea Kumquat Chutney
