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Whether you love the romantic gestures or think it’s nothing more than a “Hallmark holiday,” Valentine’s Day is big business. While jewelry remains the top gift choice, about 36 percent will buy flowers, spending $1.8 billion to “say it with flowers.”
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If you think winter is tough, imagine being a bird. Our feathered friends up north – where food is buried under snow and winter days loom long – have it especially tough. That’s the reason for National Bird-Feeding Month.
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Our gardens and flower beds in the doldrums of winter can look depressing and bleak. The barren sticks, the leaf-less trees, the bushes without their flowers … it certainly makes us eager for spring. But let’s not be too tough on winter. This season gives us time to think, plan and appreciate what the coming months have in store.
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Visit any park with a tree and you’re pretty much guaranteed to see a bushy tail skitter across a branch. Squirrels are park fixtures, gathering their nuts, playing tag with each other and providing some good entertainment. Celebrate the squirrel on Jan. 21 -- Squirrel Appreciation Day.
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The start of the New Year is also a great time to think about shaking up your gardening routine. You might want to start a new project, try a new plant or change to more organic gardening practices, such as eliminating use of chemicals. Here are three easy things to do in your garden this year.
