Winter isn't the nicest time in the garden, but Chico winters are still pretty pleasant. We've been taking it easy, just puttering around the farm. The starts in the hotbox are coming along nicely. This shot is from a week ago, when Karen's favas were just starting to sprout. Yesterday, we took them to her house (along with her birthday present) because they were 3 inches tall and bursting out of the paper pots.
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Weather Note
We already had the first big freeze on Nov. 23, and it got into the mid 20s. It was freezing for several nights, warming only to the 40s in the day. Then cloud cover came in, it rained, and temperatures rose considerably. We freeze proofed the irrigation at the farm (and our house), strung lights in the citrus, and covered the orange tree with a greenhouse tarp.
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Back at the farm, the peas are starting to sprout as well, so I guess the birds didn't get them all.
Yesterday, after croquet, Rick and Buddy pulled up the last black, forlorn looking tomato vines, and we put the chickens to work on the space.
We had some pretty skies, although it sprinkled now and then, and rained hard later
That just makes good firepit weather! The guys stand around... no doubt planning the next project (or BSing...)
The summer cutting garden is black and lifeless, but I managed to scrounge a few things to make a bouquet.
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