Winter Garden

So here we are, in the heart of winter, or what we desert denizens call winter, and that means it’s time to start planning the spring garden. I spent the holidays in way upstate New York. Up there, the best anyone can do now is ogle gardening catalogs. Not that we Mojave gardeners don’t do that too, but here, we can grow things pretty much anytime. For us, it’s more like – look at the catalog, buy the seeds, plant them right away. During late winter and early spring, it’s possible to plant a whole range of different things. When I teach, my mantra is – cool for roots and leaves.