Motherly Musings http://www.myfrugallife.com/blog_fresca03.html Creativity and common sense for being a professional homemaker. en-us Winter Gardening in Canada Thu, 21 Jan 2010 03:48:47 GMT http://www.myfrugallife.com/post56366757_fresca03.html <p>&nbsp;</p> <p><span style "background-color: #ffffff"><span style "color: #333300"><span style "font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style "font-size: medium">Winter in Northern Canada is cold and snowy.&nbsp; Time for the green thumb to get itchy now that the holiday season is over.&nbsp; I have the most beautiful container gardens around my yard and deck.&nbsp; In my mind that is.&nbsp; Those beautiful seed and garden catalogs have me convinced in January that I can do all these projects and mine will be just as resplendent.</span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style "background-color: #ffffff"><span style "color: #333300"><span style "font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style "font-size: medium">What a wonderful way to look forward to the sun's warmth, the smell of the ground as it thaws and the hope springing eternal that this is the year I will beat all other years for my gardening success.&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p> <p><span style "background-color: #ffffff"><span style "color: #333300"><span style "font-family: Comic Sans MS"><span style "font-size: medium">Fortunately July is far enough away for me not to believe anything but!</span></span></span></span></p>