Winter Solstice

We’re turning a corner today. After a long, strange year, tonight will be the longest night of the year, and starting tomorrow, the days will grow increasingly longer. This means every day brings us closer to spring. I personally could not be more excited to get back to tending my garden each day. I hope you’re feeling that way, too.

I spent part of the weekend looking back on pictures I took over the course of 2020. I feel really grateful for the amount of time I spent outside. As the sun shines in Boise today and longer days are on the horizon, I’m turning my attention to planning for spring.

One of my favorite images from 2020. An early spring hike with H.

Last week, I dove deep into planning my spring garden. I organized my seeds, made a map and created a planting calendar. I also planned out how I want to help you grow your confidence in gardening for 2021. To make sure I’m serving you as best as possible, I put together a survey that I hope you’ll take. You can jump into that at the button below. It’ll take less than 5 minutes and will really help both of us grow next year.

What I’m hearing a lot of in the survey results I’ve seen so far is that many of you don’t know where to begin when it comes to garden planning. I’m working on a solution to that so you can feel excited about spring gardening, and I’ll tell you more about that next week.

In the meantime, I’m wishing all of you a Merry Christmas and a Happy Winter Solstice. Let’s use this extra daylight wisely to grow ourselves and make 2021 a banner year.