Can you believe we’re almost through January 2023? It’s nuts! Time goes by faster every year. I’m told this is what happens when you get older. Notice, I said older, not old.

I have this mental picture of the sweetheart and me in our 90s saying, “Can you believe the year went so fast? Where did I leave my teeth?” Of course, our memories will be shot at that point, and for all we’ll know, it will still be January 2023. At least it will be to us.
 

Yes, winter reaches a point in January that is almost moribund. But we’re gardeners. We have shiny new seed catalogs and heat mats for seedlings. And grow lights. And recycled toilet paper tubes with tiny, little green seedlings that will yield tomatoes come July!

And that’s enough to get anyone through the winter doldrums, which got me thinking about how cool gardening is. 
 

There’s so much promise at the start of each new growing season. Even before it gets here, we reap the benefits of new growth or at least the thought of it. We’re lost in the green world of our perfect garden, waiting to spring forth in another month or two.

So, when those gray January skies start to press in on you. Grab your favorite seed catalog, and get lost in the bright, shiny new growing season ahead of us.