Dear Diane, I am finding your calendar for things to do in December very interesting although I'm not quite clear what N.H. stands for. I'm going to respond for both garden and containers. Here in Northern California I always plant my tulips in December after prechilling them. It is very nice when I am frantically trying to get seed started and bulbs planted to know that there is at least one group that I can put off doing until later. I can usually still get away with planting seed in December although a lot of it is better planted earlier. December also continues the process of looking at my seedling pots hoping to see how many of the ones that germinated last year have returned. As the weather is at last turning wet and cold I make sure that those pots that won't like that are moved to a more sheltered area. Some of the pots are growing well enough now that I can remove the wire that was protecting them from the birds. How about some of the rest of you in other parts of the world. What are you doing in December in your garden and with your pots? This is summer in Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and South America. Diane couldn't recruit anyone to report each month on a regular basis so maybe you could take turns. How about in other parts of the United States and Europe too? Mary Sue Mary Sue Ittner California's North Coast Wet mild winters with occasional frost Dry mild summers