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| 01 | 05 | Build a suet feeder and more as part of the winter citrus project | |
| 01 | 10 | Pack yellow cornmeal, peanut butter, chopoped suet, raisins, cracked corn, bird seed, or chopped peanuts into pine cones. | |
| 01 | 10 | Hang the packed pine cones from tree limbs as bird feeders. | |
| 01 | 15 | Feed the birds! remember to give them fresh water too. They also need grit or fine sand available to help digest their food. | |
| 01 | 20 | Build birdhouses. | |
| 01 | 22 | Begin saving onion skins for Easter egg dye or basket dye. | |
| 01 | 25 | Look at the bones of your garden. You may gain a deeper appreciation of the beauty of your garden. | |
| 01 | 27 | Plan any structural changes to your garden. | |
| 01 | 31 | Order seeds for the garden. | |
| 02 | 01 | Make a heart-shaped box or basket for Valentine's Day. | |
| 02 | 03 | Treat yourself to an herbal bath. | |
| 02 | 05 | Start a compost pile | |
| 02 | 10 | Prune grapevines. Gather the long pieces of the vine and tie in neat bundles for use in baskets and wreaths. | |
| 02 | 15 | Force some flowers to bloom. Cut bouquets of forsythia, flowering plum, or quince. Bring the cuttings inside and lace in water. | |
| 02 | 20 | Look for signs of spring. | |
| 08 | 15 | Search for attractive bottles and jars for the vinegars and dried herbs you will give as gifts. | |
| 09 | 01 | Gather and dry fresh herbs for wreaths, for giving as gifts | |
| 09 | 02 | Make herb vinegars | |
| 09 | 05 | Gather fall leaves, acorns, nuts, and berries such as bittersweet for use in table arrangements and wreaths. | |
| 09 | 06 | It's a good time freeze basil in olive oil to retain its flavor | |
| 09 | 07 | Make and freeze pesto using your favorite recipe. | |
| 09 | 08 | Add clean, dry seashells you collected on vacation to open bowls of potpourri. | |
| 09 | 10 | Decant and label herb vinegars | |
| 09 | 12 | Cut and dry Queen Anne's lace flowers to use in wreaths or hang on a Christmas tree like snowflakes | |
| 09 | 15 | Plant a living wreath for Thanksgiving and Advent. | |
| 09 | 17 | Hang small bunches of mint in the kitchen, bathroom or near windows. | |
| 09 | 18 | Cut and dry mint for tea this winter. | |
| 09 | 20 | Gather and dry some moss for Holiday decorations, including the nativity scene. | |
| 09 | 22 | Find a sassafras tree. Obtain permission to trim small branches for a project in October or November. | |
| 09 | 22 | Find pine trees and other conifers from which you can gather cones this fall. | |
| 09 | 25 | Make potpourri from roses, lavender, lemon verbena and other herbs gathered this summer. | |
| 09 | 28 | Take and root cuttings from scented geraniums. | |
| 09 | 30 | Watch your sweet Annie closely for the proper harvest time. | |
| 10 | 01 | Gather walnuts for basket dye. | |
| 10 | 03 | Gather and dry everlastings for use in wreaths, herb bundles for Christmas tree, filler and color in potpourri. | |
| 10 | 05 | Make some small baskets to hold gifts of cookies, herb vinegars, herb teas, or potpourri. | |
| 10 | 08 | Gather cayenne peppers to string | |
| 10 | 10 | Walk in the woods and gather materials to make the irresistible Winter Green Potpourri | |
| 10 | 15 | Begin making pomanders. They need time to dry before being placed in full light. | |
| 10 | 18 | Add fresh herbs to flower arrangements. | |
| 10 | 20 | Make wreaths and garlands using dried herbs, seed pods and grasses. | |
| 10 | 25 | Begin baking cookies; both Springerle cookies and Moravian cookies store well, if kept in air-tight containers. | |
| 11 | 01 | Attach dries herbs, flowers, berries, nuts, peppers to picks for use in the Advent wreath. | |
| 11 | 15 | Make candle rings from sweet woodruff. Remember to dry some sweet woodruff, thyme, or sweet Annie for your nativity scene. |
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