Hey there. Do you know what today is? Today is the winter solstice, which means that for those of us

in the northern hemisphere, we get to start looking forward to the daylight hours increasing

ever so slightly from here on out. There's just something about this day that really turns my attention to the positive.

But I do have to reconcile that it is also the darkest time of the year, which means we still don't have a lot of daylight, which also means that you can find me usually this time of year,

cuddled up on the couch with a coffee, a good football game on,

and a lot of seed catalogs. Can anyone relate? This is the time of year that a lot of us do start

perusing those seed catalogs. And it's a fun pastime. But how do you go from looking at all the possibilities to actually narrowing down

what you're going to buy this year? Well, if there's one thing that I have learned to do, it is

organized things. It's actually one of my favorite things to do, and buying seeds is no exception.

Here's the problem. Seed catalogs begin arriving in the mail.

In the dark days of winter like we're at right now, your garden dreams start to spark.

You begin browsing through catalogs and you find lots of options that interest you.

Multiply this by however many catalogs you get. How can you

narrow everything down? Without a plan, we can A, spend a lot of money and end up with a lot of

extra seeds that we don't have room to plant, or B, we don't buy the things we really need, and later

end up having to order more and maybe pay more

in shipping or C, both. Can you identify with any of that? I certainly can and over the last few years

I have found myself getting a lot more efficient and organized with how I begin my garden starting with

ordering seeds. So today I'm going to be sharing with you my process on organizing my seed shopping

to make it enjoyable, to make it a streamlined process where you buy exactly what you need

and nothing you won't use. Well, not much that you

won't use. Can't say that this is fail-safe, but it's definitely trending in the right direction.

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