January is the month of change. The days are getting longer, sunlight is on the return, and those of us who live in the rainy Pacific Northwest have expectations of warmth, gardens reawakening, and a welcome invasion of birds of all species.
This is the time I make a pest of myself at my favorite garden store. January is the month of bare root plants and trees. I am on the hunt for semi-dwarf plum trees. Green Gage and Satsuma varieties, to be specific. Yea, they are due in the middle of the month and I already have spots ready for them.
This is also the month to get out and prune the fruit trees already in the garden. This is the first time for doing this as the trees are only a few years old and it will be a new experience. I have books galore on the different techniques and my garden gurus have been generous in their advice and suggestions.
January also finds me pruning and editing my writing and gathering together resources for a new manuscript. A time for change and getting everything in order to move forward.
I salute this New Year with a plate of biscotti and glass of chilled Prosecco . . . well, more than one glass!
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