Dreaming about year’s garden

It is hard to believe that another year has come and gone. But 2008 is now history, and we have entered the future of 2009. Through great times, tough times, uncertain times, two things are certain: Time marches on, and the seasons come and go.

We now are dealing with the cold of winter, but before we know it spring will be upon us followed by another hot summer and then a glorious fall and back to Thanksgiving, Christmas, winter and another new year.

This is the customary time to review our lives as we complete one year, and to make new resolutions and set new goals and dreams as we start another year. It also is a good time to review your garden and landscape plans and decide whether there are any new projects you want to tackle this year.

For gardeners, that process is aided at this time of year as our mail boxes fill with catalogs from seed, plant and bulb companies touting their newly discovered plants, new varieties and new colors. For higher-tech gardeners, e-mail in-boxes probably are filled with the same treasures or enticements encouraging you to try new vegetables, fruit trees, perennials, annuals, ground covers, roses and other kinds of plants.

I always enjoy flipping through these catalogs with enticing pictures and often make a list of new plants I want to try. Make your list, then try to buy these plants at your neighborhood nursery, greenhouse or garden center, which can often give input on what really works in Oklahoma.

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