For those of you who are fully embracing rotting this winter — and if binging happens to be part of your rotting routine — I thought I’d offer a small public service announcement.

Because honestly?

There is a real dearth of watchable TV right now, and we must help each other through these trying times. (Truly. Let me know your favorites.)

First things first: you all know I am a reality TV fan.

Bravo, specifically.

The Real Housewives. Below Deck. All of it.

No shame. None.

If watching rich people argue on boats soothes your nervous system (as it does mine), who is anyone to judge, really?

Second category: reality strategy shows.

I love the ones where people quietly test their moral compass while smiling politely at each other.

Highly recommend The Traitors (there’s a new U.S. season out now), as well as Squid Game: The Challenge.

Watching people decide how far they’ll go for money is endlessly fascinating… and slightly disturbing. In a fun way.

And finally, scripted shows I’ve actually enjoyed:

Landman, Pluribus, and Shrinking.

Yes, watching all of these technically requires subscribing to approximately 47 streaming services, but I don’t know anyone who hasn’t already.

We also still have cable, which I never use and desperately want to cut… except Steve needs it for Arsenal matches.

He is a fanatic.

This is not negotiable.

Somewhere between episodes, I do actually squeeze in some real work.

Right now, the seedlings I sowed in early January are happily growing away in the seed room here at our little Cape May flower farm.

It never stops amazing me how fast they go from “barely visible” to “oh wow, hello there.”

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And since planting out in the field is coming up quickly (hello, Valentine’s Day), I’m fully enjoying this brief overlap of rotting and Alzheimer’s prevention (a.k.a. learning to play the piano).

Speaking of Valentine’s Day…

As usual, in our neck of the woods, this time of year is all about planting, not harvesting.

We’ll be busy getting cool-hardy seedlings out into the field, but we don’t yet have fully grown, harvestable flowers ready to go.

So while I’m in this planting-not-harvesting headspace, I’ve also been thinking about Valentine’s Day.

This time of year, almost all Valentine’s flowers are imported.

That’s just the reality.

But there are other ways to give flowers, fresh, alive, and from the farm, without needing everything to be fully blooming on February 14.

Sometimes the most meaningful gift isn’t the flowers themselves, but the promise of flowers.

Something growing.

Something coming soon.

And in our case, some of those blooms arrive as early as March.

That said, I am experimenting with forcing a very limited number of tulips indoors.

This is a bit of a logistical puzzle without proper infrastructure, but I’m giving it a go (because when have I ever been scared off by a small challenge).

So, I may have a limited number of tulips available for Valentines Day, but more importantly, I have reopened our mini subscription (one month of weekly tulips or ranunculus, or both) with a bonus for Valentines Day: a glass heart-shaped hanging ornament filled with dried flowers from the farm and a gift card.

Whether you’re physically here in Cape May or not, these flowers would be available to ship.

Now if you’ll excuse me, my seedlings, and my TV, are calling.