BUT don't think you can just continue to lay around watching Dr. Phil, it's time to expand the mind instead of the waistband! Here are some garden-related duties for you to wrap your head around...
Pruning tool maintenance. You many not be able to get out there yet, but you should make sure your pruners, loppers, shears, and saws, are all in tip top cutting shape. Clean off resin and other gunk, disinfect and sharpen or replace blades, tighten screws, and lubricate springs. It's important to make one clean cut for the plant, and oh so much easier on the tendons. 
Start seeds. Set your seed starting calendar according to your last frost date. Here is my calendar for seeding:
Mid February: Onions, Parsley, Peppers, Violets
March 6: Broccoli, Cauliflower, Ageratum
March 15: Verbena bonariensis
March 21: Basil, Marigold, Zulu Prince Daisy
March 27: Beet, Allysum, Calendula, Heliopsis
April 3: Coreopsis, Dotted Mint, Tomato
April 11: Tithonia
April 17: Cosmos
May 1: Squash, Zucchini, Cucumber
Vegetable Garden Planning. Plan your veg and herb gardens, planting veggies near their favorite companions. Here is a table that may help with that.
| Vegetable | Plant near | Avoid planting near |
| Asparagus | Basil, Tomato, Nasturtium, Parsley | Onion, garlic, potato |
| Beans | Carrot, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumber, marigold | Chives, leek garlic |
| Broad Beans | Brassicas, carrot, celery, corn, lettuce potato | Fennel |
| Beets | Brassicas, lettuce, onion, sage | Bean (pole) |
| Broccoli | Celery, chamomile, dill | Oregano, strawberry |
| Brussel Sprouts | Potato, thyme | Strawberry |
| Cabbage | Beetroot, potato, oregano, sage | Strawberry, tomato |
| Carrot | Bush beans, pole beans, lettuce, onion, pea, radish tomato | Chives, dill, parsnip |
| Cauliflower | Beans, celery, oregano | Nasturtiom, peas, potato, strawberry, tomato |
| Celery | Cabbage, leek. Onion, spinace, tomato | Parsnip, potato |
| Corn | Bean, cucumber, melon, pea, ,pumpkin potato radish | Tomato |
| Cucumber | Bean celery, lettuce, pea, radish | Cauliflower, potato, basil |
| Eggplant | Bean, capsicum potato spinach | |
| Leek | Carrot, celery, strawberry | |
| Lettuce | Carrots radishes strawberry | Beans, beetroot, parsley |
| Melon | Corn, radish | Potato |
| Onion | Bean sprout, broccoli, ,cabbage, lettuce, strawberry, tomato | Bean, pea |
| Pea | Beans, carrot, corn, cucumber, radish | Onion family |
| Potato | Bean, corn, cabbage, pea, eggplant | Cucmber, pumpkin, squash, sunflower |
| Pumpkin | Corn | Potato |
| Spinach | Celery cauliflower, eggplant | |
| Tomato | Asparagus, celery, carrot, parsley, marigold | Corn, fennel, potato |
| Zucchini | nasturtium | |
Collect newspaper for garden mulching. I have been hoarding paper all winter, and will lay it down over weedy areas and top with compost and other mulch material.
Get your plant orders put together and submitted! This probably should have already been done, if you have not, you may have reduced availability.
Freshen up those outdoor containers. Get the tired old holiday stuff out, (I certainly hope you did not use spruce tops...see previous blog on how collection of spruce tops ruins peat bogs in Minnesota and elsewhere) and replace with some spring-like twigs of pussy willow.
