The National Retail Federation Thursday it expects retail sales in November and December will grow between 6% and 8% over a record 2021 to between $942.6 billion and $960.4 billion.
To cheer up and share the goodness of life, this January, I planted a flat of radishes.
The little recycled-plastic tub of dirt goes outdoors by day for a cold sunbath, but back inside at night, as my radish variety wants a soil temp of 40+ degrees.
Still, these amazing root veggies can survive a freeze and flourish in clammy cold air that I consider spine-chilling. They somehow condense the minimal warmth and vague light of a mountain winter into little subterranean fireballs that can burn your gizzard.
The miraculous crimson-skin, snowball-o-fire radish, with its gruff, non-glorious greens and quiet earthward-pointing root, has long been thought a restorative and health tonic. To me, itâs also an uplifting source of wonder that never gets old or explainable.