If you are like me, and you live in the Northern Hemisphere, now that Christmas is over, you are probably dying to get out into the garden even though here is snow on the ground.  And the seed catalogues that start arriving the moment the Christmas frenzy is over certainly don’t help. So if you can’t get outside (or even if you can but just don’t want to go sloshing through the rain and mud, here are a couple of websites that you might like to check out to at least to give you the feel of being outside.  They are great planning tools.
BBC’s Virtual Garden – it has a fun 3D function on the site and is free
Kitchen Garden Planner – part of the gardener’s supply website which is one of my favourite places to look for seed starter supplies and self watering pots.  This is also free.
Better Homes and gardens also has this free planner – not so helpful for vegetables though.
Plangarden.com This website has some great hints for gardening on it.  The garden design function costs $20/year
I really like the look of this garden planner  that Mother Earth provides. It does cost $25/year after the first month’s free trial (which I am about to try) but it looks far better than the rather limited free versions above and I am always ready to pay for good advice.
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Thanks for these links. We’re going through the seed catalogs now and dreaming about next year’s gardens. It’s a great time of year for that. Maybe you could share with us some of your favorite seed catalogs. 🙂
Bill that is tomorrow’s post. Please feel free to add yours to the list too.