I long for Spring when I can get planting again!

It's like a Winter Wonderland outside...freezing fog and heavy frost for days. The only attention my raised beds are getting is regular sprinklings of wood ash from the fire, then the worms will do the rest.I put hot ash on too, thinking it'll scorch the weeds and kill bugs.( This is the make-it-up-as-you-go-along school of gardening!)I used to just put ash on fruit bushes/trees, but saw an old couple on the telly using it on their beds, saying it's great for the veg too.Blah blah, I'm off now...
I use Pippa Greenwood's Organic Kitchen Garden book. What a great gardener's name she has!
I'd be happy to share seeds. Our growing season up north is about a month later than south though, and shorter. Success is almost totally weather-dependent I reckon, and I hanker for a polytunnel now.