Morning rain

Seems the forecast for the next few days shows the first half of each day with a much higher chance of precip than the latter halves. Kinda interesting. Maybe plan my daily walk (which I've been missing lately) for watching the sunset...

Flying Time

Not just 2012, but February already! Zoom!

We had a solid week of a hard freeze a couple weeks ago, and fortunately it came after a nice thick blanket of snow (6") covered everything in the garden. Fluffy insulation topped by a thin layer of crust. Perfect protection from the frozen winds out of the Fraser valley in Canada. So after it all melted away and temps went up to the 40's again, the brussels sprouts have been plumping up and the kale looks fine.

Seed Catalog Time! I ordered some Tepary beans out of the southwest, from Native Seeds/Search in Tucson. I chose two kinds: one from a high elevation in Mexico, the other from near the coast. I figured either one might translate into coping with high latitude near a coast like here? An experiment. The garden is south facing and gets quite dry in July/August, so they might do well. Looking forward to the black garbanzos again, they are a fun little plant, very pretty and productive with little tending.

Off to have some apple/blackberry pie for breakfast! Sunny day ahead...