"Lots of pressure at this time of year, isn't there? All those pink cheeks and sweaty brows puffing their way around the park in dusted-down trainers; all those Botivo mocktails (delicious, for what it's worth) as we strive to self-improve during one of the most grisly months of the year. I've never really been one for resolutions, nor time-measured sobriety (amazing how having small children deflates one's desire to drink enough to conjure a hangover)."
"It was housed in a pleasingly bashed-up vintage index-card cabinet, tucked against the wall of his potting shed a building with more natural light and square footage than many flats I've lived in. How chic! How clever! How deliciously organised! This is a nice job for January because it allows you to time travel through your imaginary garden of the year ahead I set about making my own miniature version"
Cold-season social pressure prompts many to attempt self-improvement through exercise and abstinence, yet some prefer seasonal hibernation to conserve energy. Gardening planning offers a gentler alternative: sorting seeds by sowing month enables forward-looking, imaginative preparation. Inspiration from a compact, vintage index-card cabinet led to a DIY solution using painted mini drawers to assign months and contain seed packets. Practical constraints of small balconies and north-facing plots reveal many seeds unsuitable for limited space, prompting a secondary "capsule" box that holds a ruthless, realistic edit of seeds actually likely to be sown.
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