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

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