February is a hopeful time for us, and a time to emerge from the Persephone months.
According to Eliot Coleman in the Four Season Harvest, "...there is a period of about three months (six weeks before the winter solstice and six weeks after it) when the gardener's only work is harvesting the bounty...The Persephone months are when the cold frame crops reign supreme." So, not only are we ordering seeds at this time of the year, but if all goes well in the hoophouse (during the growing season) we're actually eating fresh spinach and the likes through an icy February.