 Well, it may not look like it, but spring is in the air for area garden centers and in this week's Northwoods Adventure, Josh Peterson gives us a peek at spring and bloom. While the continuous cold and snow outside may have people feeling the blues, inside Nature's Edge Garden Center in Bemidji, you can take a step right into spring. Like many garden centers across the area, preparations are underway, planting and preparing for their busiest season, which is only a month away. We've got our staff that come in every morning, get to our high school and college kids in the afternoons and they're here busy planting and every day is a new adventure here. With a full-time staff, planting season for Nature's Edge begins months ago, all in preparation for the big spring open house in May. We normally start about the first week in March and we do some seeding prior to that. There are some plants, some pansies and some way petunias that we do a little bit earlier, the first couple weeks in January. This time of year, it's easy for those with a green thumb to get the itch to start planting and doing any yard work, but it's best to take it slow. We always try to rush spring and we always try to get plants out too soon, and really just kind of following the Mother's Day is when we can start to put baskets out but bring them in at night, containers, same kind of thing, watching that evening and overnight temperatures to make sure we're not freezing. While it may still look like Christmas outside, there are a few things you can do at your own home to start your spring time planting season. Beginning with some basic planting inside your own home and then transplant outside once the weather eventually warms up. We fight this every year, it seems like spring never comes fast enough, but once we're here I think we'll warm up quickly. For more information on planting and landscaping, Nature's Edge will be hosting seminars at the Bemidji JC's homesport and travel show on April 7th, where they will also have a spring time patio on display to feed that need for some springtime green. With this week's Northwoods Adventure in Bemidji, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.