Even though I no longer have a garden beyond my balcony, I still love receiving that first seed & plant catalog of the new year in the mail. Spring will return…it’s just around the corner! And I like that the pages appear to hold even more selections marked as “container friendly,” which works out well for me. Time to start planning!
And speaking of planning, if you’ve been thinking about including more plant-based foods in your meals, you might want to check out the Meatless Monday Challenge. It’s a free 12-week program that’s set up to assist you in meeting that goal, while you help the environment at the same time!
I look forward to reading all of your blogs in the coming months and wish each of you a healthy and happy 2022!
Happy 2022, Becky. May your containers be the envy of your neighborhood. 🪴🪴🪴🍌🥬🥒🥦🌽🧅🍠🥕🌶️🍅
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I’ll do my best, Pat. And I hope you have a great year too!
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Great way to kick off the New Year! ✨ May yours be blessed and beautiful, Becky!
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Thanks, Bette. I wish the same for you!
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Yes, seed catalogs are arriving in the mail now, and I always enjoy looking at them.
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They’re great fun, aren’t they? Good to hear from you, Lavinia!
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What month do seed catalogs usually arrive? (I have this as an outstanding question for my novel-in-progress?) Does it depend where in the country one lives?
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Even when I lived in Upper Michigan, seed catalogs often came in early winter. My guess is that the companies don’t pay attention to the locations, but I could be wrong.
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OK, thank you! This works.
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Good to know, Liz! Now I’m curious about your work in progress:)
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It’s inspired by the closing of the last poor house in Vermont 1968. Lots of research to do!
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Sounds intriguing, Liz!
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Thanks! I just hope I can pull it off. I’ve challenged myself to get outside my comfort zone.
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You’ve done that successfully in your writing before:)
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Thank you for the encouragement, Becky!
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I too love those catalogs. They make me wistful and want to start gardening. I’m going to have to see if my new place lend itself to container gardening. The high altitude does nothing to encourage plants to grow there.
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I bet you’ll get plants to grow there, Marlene!
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It takes great faith and serious tenacity. High altitude has it’s own set of rules and a short growing season. I’ve tried it but nature just snubs me on occasion. 😉
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it is that time of year to think about planning!
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Definitely, Jim!
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For me here in NJ, when we haven’t gotten snow yet, I’m not quite ready to think of planting. I’m still raking reluctant leaves! But I get it. I do find myself musing about weeding and mulching, a first step.
Best wishes to you for the New Year, Becky, in every way you want them to show up. 😊
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Same to you, Jeanne! I think that my feelings about spring planting probably are holdovers from living in Michigan, where the winters were way too long:)
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I thought I’d have seen one of these by now, but not yet. Maybe today!
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It’s probably on the way, Martha! Enjoy it!
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Hi, Becky. All the best to you and yours in 2022.
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Same to you, Neil!
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Becky, the picture came onto the screen and made me so happy. I thought, YES…SPRING IS ON ITS WAY…LET THE PLANTING BEGIN. Thank you for that. A ray of sunshine on a VERY dark day.
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Exactly! Happy that it gave you a lift, Gigi!
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I’m thinking of adopting “Bigger Bolder Saucier” as my mantra for 2022!
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Makes a good one, doesn’t it, Tracy?!
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Can you believe that I’ve found wild strawberries already? And the ‘real’ strawberry season at our local picking farm usually begins mid-to-late January. (Ha! I just checked, and they had strawberry picking today. By the time their New Year’s break is over, I’ll be heading to the fields!)
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No, I had no idea about this Linda! There’s still so much I don’t know about Texas…
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In my childhood, the arrival of the Thompson catalogue started that annual yearning for the vegetable garden. My father chose his old favourites and then always something new. I recall the year that courgettes (zucchini) was his pick for the new. Circa 1961.)
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Wonderful that you still remember that, Josie:) I love garden memories!
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Brilliant to think of courgettes as a novelty! All the best in. 2022.
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Happy New Year, Becky! Wishing you a splendid 2022!
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I’m wishing the same for you, Pete!
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May all your plants grow beautifully in 2022.
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I’ll do my best; thank you, Gallivanta!
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Leaving behind everything that has happened and starting the year with new perspectives, it is very hopeful that we are going to have a better year. My best wishes that 2022 will fill you with joy and happiness. I wish it to you with all my heart. A big hug and Cheers! for the good life.
Manuel Angel
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I wish the same for you, Manuel! Yes, it’s a good idea to begin the new year with a fresh outlook, although not always easy to do.
Take care!
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Sharing that love of seeds and planting, Becky! Although we have an allotment I love to think of all the the things you can grow in containers indoors and out. Best of luck with all you sow and grow in 2022!
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Maria, I wish the same for you! Thanks and take care.
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Happy New Year Becky, may it be filled with lots of fruits and vegetables from your containers…I wish you a peaceful and healthy New Year filled with joy and laughter…Happy New Year …
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Thanks, Carol!
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Wishing you and yours a safe, healthy, and prosperous new year! 🎉🎇🎉
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You Becky, are an optimist.😊 This is the time of year I don’t believe spring will come… or if I do, it’s long away (like years). I think it’s the teasing aspect of garden catalogues that does me in. All that aside, I wish you damn good things in the New Year!
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I wish the same for you, Colette! Yes, I suppose I am an optimist (although that has become much more challenging the last few years). I loved living where it snowed because then spring was all that much sweeter. Here in TX, the lines between seasons are blurred and wavy. Take care!
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Oh! I used to always look forward to the seed catalogs when I was a child. It definitely meant that winter would be over soon. Cheers and enjoy!
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Interesting! I know that my dad got them, but I never paid much attention. You were an observant child:) Take care, Cecelia!
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Imagine if everyone grew something in a container, an increase in food production! Good luck with your balcony Becky. Happy growing.
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Yes, that would be great, Janet. Thank you!
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Seed and plant catalogues are interesting to look at even if you don’t buy anything. (Sort of like cookbooks even if you don’t cook.) We’re just coming out of another snowfall here, after way too much rain, so spring seems a long way off. It’s been a tough winter, so far. But there are snowdrops trying to bloom.
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I agree they’re fun browsing! So much crazy weather already this year. I hope yours improves, Audrey!
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Hoping you will share pics of your balcony showing off its bounty. Have fun with your potting, Becky!
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Thanks, Resa. We’ll see, as the season progresses:)
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