A day in the life of a gardener is all but predictable or mundane. There is something new and exciting every single day, although there are some common threads of routine to connect one dusk to the next dawn. Plant, water, prune, weed, harvest. There’s a peace in that routine, but adventure in everything else.

The only time this adventure slows is when the days shorten and the temperatures drop and the rain turns to soft fluffy snow. After the last crops have been harvested, and the winter growers have been planted, what is there to do other than wait? Well, exactly that. Wait for the days to get longer and for the temperatures to rise, for the soil to thaw and the snow to become a quenching rain again.