In approaching the new year, the gardener makes a mental survey of the past year: accomplishments, relaxing times in the garden, and sometimes, shortfalls. Now is the time for contemplating plans to supplement and improve the works of nature.

• (12/09) Hort Shorts
• (12/09) A sweet superfood
• (12/09) Gnome sweet Gnome?
• (12/09) Build your own greenhouse
• (12/08) Hort Shorts
• (12/08) Living Trees That Please
• (12/07) The New Square Foot Garden
• (12/07) Hort Shorts
• (12/07) Hardy Fern Habitats
• (12/06) Tools for easier gardening
• (12/06) Wax myrtle: an evergreen classic
• (12/06) Hort Shorts
• (12/05) For Love of Mistletoe
• (12/05) Daphne's Winter Perfume
• (12/05) Hort Shorts
• (12/04) How to Plan a Landscape
• (12/04) Fill in the Landscape Gaps
• (12/04) House Plants
• (12/04) Selecting Landscape Plants
• (12/03) Container-grown Plants
• (12/03) Manure Guide
• (12/03) Lawn-growing Tips
• (12/03) Soil Fixes
• (12/03) Bring Spring Inside
• (12/03) Consider New Vegetables
• (12/02) Scat Squirrels, SCAT!
• (12/02) Mulch Coverings
• (12/02) Winter Watering
• (12/02) Winter Pots
• (12/02) Tending to Raised Beds
• (12/02) Christmas Rose

Photo: Protect bulb plantings from hungry squirrels by placing window screens over the soil.