Beyond Hybernation...
...A few flakes here, a few flakes there. So goes January here in Ohio. It has been a wet month in the Buckeye state. Normally we would be up to our tail feathers in snow, but that is not the case for the beginning of 2017. Most of us are wishing we had received inflatable rafts for Christmas. Though we have had some sunny days, for the most part it has been gray and dreary. There was one bit of encouragement for me when I caught sight of the spring seed displays beginning to appear in stores. It was a light at the end of a very gray tunnel. I was inspired enough to begin planning my herb gardens for this spring. Last year's plan for raised gardens of containers full of glorious herbs never materialized. As last summer showed itself to be a drought year, I abandoned the idea of enlarging my Petit Jardin. It took a lot of water just to maintain the plants I did manage to cultivate even though many of them were considered d