One thing I do is start seeds for my garden and friends, in the winter, and by spring I have baby plants all over the place!

I just received my Park Seed catalog, and I've been going thru that each night. I picture in my mind where I could put what, and maybe try some novel new varieties of flowers. This year I'll be doing more ornamental grasses!

I've already bought some nice seeds at Ebay. In January I will start the earliest ones, and by April the annuals. Many perennials can go outside early, since they tolerate cool conditions. I have 2 cold frames for them also out there. I have to shuffle them because I have limited grow-light set ups. Last year I did a tray of Cosmos pretty late in spring, and gave them to my son, and they did really well where he put them. So, I'll be doing more for him this season.

I recycle some carry out plastic containers for this, and also plastic yogurt cups!

Doing all the mental planning seems to take me out of myself and my pain issues very well.

I did alot of Gazania daisies this spring and they came up very well.
I have a picture of one of them with water droplets in my photo album here. I put them in containers and take upNorth. They seem to do well with the stressful weather and wind up there. I collected seeds from them this fall, so I don't have to buy those seeds this year. I also collected some seeds from a hybrid black eyed susan that was just fantastic in my containers!

Pardon my long post, but I am getting antsy to start already, because of our terrible cold icy weather.

Here is a picture of some seedlings from this past Feb.
Some ornamental grasses, and some catmint. The plastic containers are from scones at the grocery store, and they were deep and handy for starting the seeds. I move them up to cells when they are large enough. Some varieties don't like this and it is trial and error when they die on you! The plastic mini greenhouses are handy for perennials which may take 20 or 30 days to germinate. They are small and fit under the lights well that way