Gardening may be the furthest thing from your mind when the icy winter air comes whipping through your vegetable plot. Rightly so – what grows in winter temps? While planting is still a few months away, gearing up for the gardening season should start now. When else are you going to find time to make your much-needed tool shed? Or a decorative hanging planter set-up?

Poke around your garden and yard (or make a trip to a junk yard or a friend’s house!) and find unwanted windows, doors, shutters and more. Rather than throwing them away, turn cold winter days into fun, upcycling project days!

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