Planting a Garden With Snow on the Ground

We are in the blues times of the year, so activities should be picked that bring cheer. That is why putting up a tree now with lights could really help. One of the best ways to stop the blues is dig in dirt, by planting a garden. Yes I mean right now with snow on the ground! I noticed that pots were on super sale in hardware stores. If you can give up the window sill or counter space for a while, you could make holiday gifts of basil, cilantro, chives, oregano, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. Imagine being able to make a Christmas meal with really fresh ingredients. It would be a less expensive gift with big impact, and very unlikely that anyone else will do it. Plus very helpful directions abound. This picture also comes with directions at all-about-container-gardening.

Gardening on any scale helps us and the environment. Symbolically a garden in the white house could really lead the world in planting gardens. Elenore Roosevelt planted a victory garden in the White House and by the end of the war, the US was getting 40% of its food from gardens.

"Eat the View!" is a campaign to urge President-elect Obama to replant a large organic victory garden on the First Lawn with the produce going to the White House kitchen and to local food pantries.
(Eat the View)

To support this cause, you can join the Change organization and vote for this idea here.