Get your seed orders ready now if they aren't done already. Make a list or diagram of how you intend to lay out your garden. Remember to rotate all your vegetables, not the same thing planted in the same spot. It may work for farmers that no till corn year after year (with a huge expense) but it does not work for the home gardener. Planting the same thing in the same spot year after year just breeds problems.
If you have seed left over and you are unsure it is still good, do a small test on it. Use wet paper towels, and place seed between layers to see if it will germinate. Count the seeds that do germinate (after time needed for each seed), if you end up with 90 Per Cent germinated, it should be OK to plant it under normal growing conditions.
Start watching for all the items you may still need to plant and tend your garden to go on sale if you have not already done so.
In our area now is the time to start Plants for spring transplant. I still need to get this done. This year I will only be starting Tomato and Pepper Plants. Then when time to harden off I will have to fight with raccoons. They can be a pest but they are so cute.
We do have an Ice Storm coming in Thursday night, cross your fingers this will be the last one.
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