Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle ... the best way to protect our plants is to heap that shoveled snow onto the garden beds. We may grumble at the chore, but our plants will love it.

The game comes with small plastic balls in case there’s not enough snow on the ground ... It even comes with a little air pump.” You can play Flarts in all four seasons or even indoors ...

Recently, we visited with thousands of gardeners and aspiring gardeners at the Central Ohio Home & Garden Show and answered .