There are still no changes since last month's update. The garden is slowly disappearing. Everything is dormant so we are eating it faster than it can grow, which is normal for this time of the year.
It looks better in the pictures than it does close up. Much of the green color is weeds. WEEDS! Why do they flourish effortlessly even in the bitter winter?
The bed below shows the importance of planting the seedlings early enough so they can be established before cold weather arrives. The larger plants were transplanted about a month earlier than the smaller ones. When they are put out too late, they just sit there and don't grow. Of course, that begs the question, when is the best time to plant each vegetable? I don't have a good answer yet. If the weather would be consistent, I could figure it out.
This is my one surprise. Tokyo Bekana has not only survived the cold weather but sprouted new leaves from the roots after I harvested it. Usually, it is long frozen by now.
The broccoli has decided to begin heading.
That's about it. January is a dull month in the garden. There is nothing to do but harvest fresh greens for salads and sit inside reading seed catalogs. It is the only good thing about January.
"Mother may say January is uneventful in the garden but she has never crawled around sniffing the muddy ground in the early morning. A thousand different monsters walk across it during the night and I must guard against all of them!" huffed Scooter.
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