Mountain West December Garden To-Do List

embed a kitchen herb garden . I love impudent herb when cook , but herbaceous plant prices in the grocery store store can exceed prices at the baby’s room . Herbssuch as basil , chive , and rosemary are easy to grow in container . Set them in a cheery window indoors , and harvest from them when you need to . You will finally save some money while adding living to your home for the wintertime .

get nature indoors to celebrate the holiday . If you need a Christmas tree , choose between a experience tree ( in a container to be planted later ) or a slice , refreshed Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree to allow the aroma of conifer bough to fill up your home . You may also do some selective pruning on conifers or redtwig dogwoods ( Cornus sericea , Zones 3–8 ) and tally some pine cones , nuts , or other seedpod from your garden to createfestive centerpieces , container arrangements , and mantle decorations .

Give the natural endowment of horticulture . Don’t you love gettinggifts that fee your gardening soul?A new tool , the a la mode book about perennial , or a beautiful garden decoration will invariably bring a grinning to my face . If you do n’t get it on what to buy the garden buff on your list , a endowment certificate to a local garden centerfield or a rank to a nearby botanic garden is sure to bring delight to the receiver .

Reflect on this year ’s growing season . One of the thing I love most about living in the Mountain West is the changing season , each with its own special rhythm . December allow us time to breathe and reflect on the challenges and successes of our gardens this past year . This reflection may come in the sort of fill out the last entrance of a garden journal , jotting a few notes to tuck aside until spring , or organizing photograph taken throughout the yr of favourite plants and flowers . Take the metre to reflect and observe another year in your garden .

As we enfold up this year , I reflect on how my garden has been my saving gracility through all the ups and down life has impart . I am full of gratitude for what nature has provided . In the new class , I wish you and yours health , peace , and delight — all of which can be detect in the garden .

— Michelle Provaznik is executive director of the Gardens on Spring Creek in Fort Collins , Colorado .

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