WHAT SHOULD I PLANT THIS YEAR?

Traditionally, January is the time when gardeners snuggle up next to the fire with all the seed catalogs that fill the mailbox, and spend many delicious hours dreaming about the new plants they want to try come spring.

Nowadays, those catalogs are fewer and fewer, as many mail-order nurseries have opted for the more cost-effective electronic versions. Snuggling next to the fire with your laptop is not quite the same.