Happy New Year. I hope you had a great end of 2022. I hope you had a restful holiday season.

And I hope you're excited about the new year. I know for me in January, I get really excited about

garden planning because there's just something about the freshness of the new year and

the telltale signs that the days are getting

longer that gets me really excited about getting started on my garden planning. And not just that,

but any time that we have a mild day where I want to get outside, I want to have some things

that I can do in the garden in January. No matter where you're located, though, no

matter your climate, there are things that you can be doing either inside or out or in many

cases both. And so that's what I'm going to be talking about in this week's episode to start

the new year is what you can be doing for your garden and in your garden in January.

Welcome, I'm Jill and 10 years ago I started my first garden as a new stay-at-home mom looking

to cut grocery costs and grow my own food.

Over the years, with many failures and successes, I stumbled my way into becoming a gardener.

And six years ago, I started this podcast

to help others grow their own food as well. By tuning in each Tuesday, I hope that you leave

inspired and with practical tips and that gardening will change your life as it did mine.

Today I'm going to be splitting this episode up into two sections. The first section, I'm going to be talking about seven things that you can do indoors, inside, planning for your garden. And then in the second section, I'll be talking about things that you can do if you get to have one of those nice sunny days where you're

itching to get outside. What can you be doing in your garden? But let's go ahead and start out with

the most important thing I think you can be doing in January. And many of you have already done this,

so you can check this off of your list and that is to get a garden planner

of some type. If you don't have one yet and you're looking for one, may I suggest my complete

garden planner? It's a planner that I created a few years ago because I wanted a planner that

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