March is always a welcome month here in Wisconsin. We’re typically still buried beneath mounds of snow (with a blizzard or two to look forward to yet), and the temperatures rarely rise above the forties, but…it’s March! The month in which Spring begins!

This time of year, in our part of the country, we all enter a community-wide state of denial about the weather. We stop shoveling our sidewalks because surely the sun will melt that newly fallen four inches of snow in no time! We drive around with our windows open—refreshing! This time of year is when you’ll begin to see otherwise intelligent people parading around in thin jackets and completely weather-inappropriate footwear. Because it’s Spring! Um…soon.

In honor of Spring’s (almost! really! any day now!) arrival, my daughter and I did a bit of indoor planting. We sat down with some good potting soil, a few seed packets, and a couple pots, and twenty minutes later we had a window sill full of cheerful soon-to-be herbs. It felt good to get our hands a bit dirty, even if we were only at our kitchen table, and it made us both eager for Spring to truly arrive so we could begin work outside in our garden!

If you’d like to do a bit of indoor gardening yourself, you can’t go wrong with herbs. They love window sills, and you can keep them inside year round or transfer them to your garden after the danger of frost has passed. If you need a little guidance, here’s a list of some easy-to-grow herbs:

• Basil
• Bay
• Chervil
• Chives
• Oregano
• Parsley
• Rosemary
• Sage
• Tarragon
• Thyme

Just follow the planting directions on your package of seeds, place them in a sunny windowsill, and wait for your very own bit of Spring to grow! Happy digging!

Posted by Shannon, a Dot-arilla Blogger

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