Happy December

December means it is time to celebrate. Christmas is coming. Before Christmas is the winter solstice, and I am all for the lengthening daylight. Until then, break out the decorations and lights!

We brought our tree home the day after Thanksgiving - the earlier, the better, right? It is from a farm a few miles away and will hopefully stay fresh for quite some time. We spent a bit of time choosing our perfect tree, and cut our own. I don't think we are totally sold on the whole process, but it was nice to experience something that is a tradition in many other families. The tree sure smells nice, and I feel good about the fact that it wasn't trucked in from the other side of the country.

Earlier this week, the high temperatures were in the single digits, but I still spent a while outside. I trimmed some of the too-low hanging branches of our evergreens in order to make wreathes for our doors.

The wreathes are not super fancy, but they were super free. I saved wreath forms and decorations from previous years, and spent an hour or so putting everything together. A few dried hydrangeas added to natural-type style. It's nice to have one less thing to buy at this time of year

The Seed Savers Exchange catalog arrived on December 1st - time to make the seed wish list for next year. Only five or so months until the spring garden!