JoAnne Skelly: Gardening dreams?

A warm December day has me dreaming about gardening. The book “My Garden Helper — What to do Each Month and How to Do It,” circa 1933, caught my eye. The first line reads, “Gardening is easy. The beauty of it is that you can do the job on as small or as large a scale as you like, from a flower pot to a park.” I like the illusion that gardening at the park level is easy. For winter activities, it recommends enjoying the beauty of the winter landscape, watering if it