Allen's Blog - P. Allen Smith Garden Home » winter solstice http://www.pallensmith.com/blog P. Allen Smith is an award-winning garden expert, author, and television host. Mon, 20 May 2013 11:00:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Winter Solstice http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/seasons/winter-solstice http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/seasons/winter-solstice#comments Mon, 19 Dec 2011 19:51:34 +0000 P. Allen Smith http://www.pallensmith.com/blog/?p=906 If you’ve been suffering from Seasonal Affective Disorder (aka SAD), take heart because the winter solstice is tomorrow. In the Northern Hemisphere it is the shortest day of the year and marks the start of winter. It also signals the beginning of more daylight hours, which is certainly reason to celebrate!

To mark the day I like to get my hands in the soil. Weather permitting, I’ll putter around the garden or I’ll plant something indoors like paperwhite bulbs or some sweetpea seed for placing in a cold frame. At dusk I’ll watch the sunset, turn on the Christmas tree lights and make a mental note that spring is just 90 days away.

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