As much as we love the winter life, staying cozy warm, the beautiful white covered mountains, the deep snow covered slopes for skiing and the pathless solitude of snowshoeing, still, as the warm days begin to edge their way into March, we begin to dream of spring.

And we start thinking seriously again about garden plans, new ideas for growing, future experiments.

It's a great time of year! It's a time of renewal; a time when we find ourselves hoping for another year of good life, good health, good food, good people.

And the birds are chirping again, building nests; cottontails are hopping, looking for new homes; the spiders are building their webs -- just as the humans are once again turning and preparing the soil. Just like instinct, just in time!

Happy Spring!