>>>I tend to get mildly depressed during the winter,<<<
LOL - I was thinking about a couple of months ago when someone up there in North Country was saying maybe a couple of pots by the back door... Too depressed to garden this year...
I smile every time you show your enthusiasm for your garden!
When the weather gets like it is now, I HAVE to dig in the dirt... It is an obsession - genetically programmed instinct!
My coldframe is almost full (I keep making it bigger and still fill it.) 3 kinds of tomatoes, 2 kinds of peppers,broccoli, cauliflower, 2 kinds of onions, asparagus, cilantro,3 kinds of lettuce, garden huckleberry already in. Soon will be time for the cantaloupe, watermelon, squashes and all those other things that I want to give a head start to... Mmmmm I can almost taste them now.
Took that half link out of the drive chain on the tiller (yay... gasket stayed all in one piece on the one side so don’t have to get another one-just a bit of gasket conditioner and looks good as new and no leaks-)- fresh fuel, changed the oil, cleaned the air filter, tightened a couple of loose bolts, gave it a test run... All ready - even tilled for the potatoes... (trying the moon sign planting on them... Normally would have planted them Mar. 15th but will try April 3-16 according to the chart)
Love Spring - feel younger, full of energy... still get tired much faster, but the spirit is still there. :^)
It has been a very difficult winter with the sudden, unexpected loss of my beloved sister and the subsequent necessity of settling her estate, cleaning out her house and disposing of all her familiar belongings, so I really look forward to spring.