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Confession. I received a Menard’s Gift Card from my Mom at Christmas. $20. They have a 15% off sale this week so I bought Burpee-brand seed (just basic stuff) and we had $90 in rebate checks there, so I got the seeds and 72 of the peat pellets we both like so much for...FREE! Total was about $40 in free merch. Yay! :)

So, as far as I’m concerned, I’m ahead of the game. I would’ve bought bags-o-potting mix but they didn’t have that out, yet.

We did buy two roof rakes to pull the snow off of parts of our metal roof that turn into an avalanche if we get 6” or more of snow at a crack. (One for us, one for our cabin, as we have someone renting it for the winter. Beau will be heading up next big snowfall to hunt Bobcats.)

I am saving TP rolls to cut in half, fill with soil and use for seed starting; 72 will fit in a standard flat, for reference. ;)

I am also saving egg shells now, for my ‘calcium stash’ come spring for tomato and pepper planting (zukes and cukes benefit, too!) and since my big compost bin is full to bursting and not breaking down a lot right now, I’m putting ‘compostables’ directly on the raised beds to break down until spring tilling.

So, in essence, I’m STILL ‘gardening,’ up here on The Frozen Tundra. :)