At least I don’t have to water

As anyone who reads this blog knows, my overwinter spinach and garlic, which weren't supposed to come up until late January or early February, came up a few weeks after I planted them in November. I had been dragging a hose around once a week to water the little seedlings before winter finally came.

I think this means I don't have to drag a hose, at least not this weekend. 

It will be interesting to see what survives. I'm sure garlic and onions will be fine. Not so sure about the mustard that re-seeded itself and was looking so happy or the spinach, which is called winter giant. With a name like that, I'm thinking there's a good chance it won't mind a covering of snow. 

It probably wouldn't mind at all if I had bothered to mulch, but I didn't. Oh well.... survival of the fittest in my garden. 

I think it's safe to say that the broccoli I left in this garden won't be forming any heads. At least the compost is getting wet. I'm guessing there's not much decomposition going on in either side of this bin, and I doubt if the temperature in the middle of the pile is any warmer than the air temperature, but it was a good place to put the fall leaves.