What does winter bring to mind? Scraping snow and ice, bitter cold temperatures, or short days and dark nights? Why not think about flowering branches and spring bulbs, terrariums filled with moss and your favorite fern, or planting seeds and starting flowers and veggies for your spring garden? Just because it’s winter doesn’t mean you have to stop gardening.
- Build your own terrarium. Gather some moss, soil, a plant or two, and a glass vessel. Be creative—layer the moss and soil, nestle the plant into the soil, and add some twigs or pebbles for decoration. Avoid direct sunlight for best results.
- Grow your favorite tomato or flower from seeds. Get an empty egg carton, fill with moist soil, and plant 1 to 3 seeds per egg cup. Cover the container with plastic wrap and sit it in a consistently warm location. Watch for the seeds to sprout. Once sprouted, remove the plastic and keep in a sunny spot until sprouts are ready to plant outside in the spring.
- Fill your favorite vase with forsythia branches. Cut some branches to the desired length, smash the cut ends with one hit of a hammer, and place them in a vase filled with room-temperature water. Watch as flower buds emerge into beautiful yellow blooms. Change water often to enjoy 2 to 3 weeks of blooms.