Worm Girl Montreal wishes everyone all the best in 2009

Happy New Year!

I’m sure I’m not alone in feeling that this time of year is a letdown. After the whirlwind of shopping, feasting and getting together with family and friends of the holiday season, Jan. 1 typically has me feeling drained, bloated and lonely. This year is not so bad. I shopped a lot less this year because I made earth-friendly reusable table napkins for most of the people on my list.

And I tried to spread the holiday activities over the whole week so I could spend more quality time with all the people I hardly see all year because we’re all too busy with work and school.

And, of course, the fun’s not really over because there’s another event coming up in February that has me excited and busy. That event is Seedy Sunday/Fetes des Semences and in Montreal it falls on February 8^th in 2009. Last year was my first time at Seedy Sunday and I have been looking forward to the next one ever since. Last year the reception hall of the Botanical gardens was crammed full with seed vendor kiosks selling all kinds of unusual and heirloom seeds, as well as gardening products and books. And in a well hidden room at the back I found heaven – the seed exchange where I picked up some neat treasures including Black Italian Tomatoes, Chocolate Peppers, Swiss Chard, Scarlet Runner Beans, Coriander, Basil and more. So now that the holiday season is over I’m busy sorting and packaging the seeds I collected this fall. I have Green Zebra, Debarao and Black Italian tomato, dill, and probably others. Here are the simple seed packs I made last year: