The frigid February deep freeze can produce the “winter blues” in many people. The general feeling of being down or discontented by the inability to get outside and dig in the dirt is even more pronounced in those who love to spend time in their gardens.
Imagine feeling irritable, blue, longingly looking out the window to the frozen tundra and wishing you were able to be outside with your plants. Suddenly, something magical happens… the mail person leaves a big stack of seed and garden catalogs. At once you’ve found heaven. Oh, you thick, glossy, full-color beauties filled with new and exotic plants to shop for! Come to Mama! Lovingly holding your stack of catalogs in one hand and a cup of tea in the other, your spirits are immediately lifted. You aren’t so blue anymore. Shopping and plants all rolled into one afternoon. Could anything be better? You sense that there is hope that spring WILL arrive after all.