The colder and snowier the winter...

The colder and snowier the winter, the more likely it is that the gardener is going to come up with an idea for her garden that may or may not be possible.

... the more likely it is that the gardener will buy twice the number of seeds she truly needs or could ever sow in one season.

... the more likely it is that the gardener thinks surely future winters will not be this cold so now is the time to order plants to push the hardiness zone a bit, perhaps plants like camellias.

... the more likely it is that the gardener will buy one or two or more old gardening books to tide her over until spring.

The colder and snowier the winter, the more hopeful the gardener is that the winter will have suppressed all the weeds in the garden.

... the more hopeful the gardener is that the bad bugs will have died in the cold and the good bugs will have survived.

... the more hopeful the gardener is that spring will come on time.

... the more hopeful the gardener is that her idea for the garden will be possible.