imagine

Now that the cold weather has arrived in Wisconsin, my ability to imagine is the only garden activity that is going on. And I can do 'imagine.' I'm well into my favorite activity of list-making to keep track of what needs to happen in my garden during 2018. After all, you've got to have a plan before you can make things happen. I'm sure many, if not all of you gardeners have a similar mindset.

Here's what I've come up with so far:

1. What plants do I want to cull? (None really, but if I want some new ones this must happen.)
2. What plants need to be moved to different locations?
3. What is working well in my garden and what is not?
4. Narrow down my daylily 'wish list' to an affordable amount
   
5. Replace any plant labels that are looking rough
6. Update my garden maps to reflect what changed during 2017
   
7. Organize the hundreds of garden photos I took over the summer
8. Get my annual seeds put away that are currently drying on cookie sheets
   
9. Take some time to visit some online daylily sites
   
10. And finally, imagine what's in store for next year's bloom season
    

Pictured: A close-up of the double daylily 'Buckeye Barnstormer'