Already been a busy morning for me. I’ve been to the grocery store and done some dishes, and it’s not even 10 am yet!

And sometime between when I walked Lin out to his truck while only wearing a light sweater and tee shirt, jeans, and my moccasins and when I left the house to go to the store a very short time later, it got freaking COLD out there. What the hell?! Looks like we’ll get more rain today too. I suppose I shouldn’t complain about the rain, because I haven’t had to water the garden once since I put in the winter plants. In fact, I think it’s been too wet, but there isn’t anything much I can do about that.

The low tonight is expected to be around 35ºF, so I guess later this afternoon I’ll go out and cover the plants and bring in the tomatoes. I might just bring in the ‘maters, because of the things still alive in the garden, I think all of them are things that should be able to handle light freezes. Or not, and I find I don’t really care enough to look up the information. My level of non-enjoyment of winter gardening is really beginning to peak. I’m just not into being outside in the cold and less-than-sunny weather.

Speaking of the garden, I suppose I should bundle up and go have a look to see how things are doing. The last time I was out there last Wednesday, there were many dead things, the arugula was blooming prematurely (and thus a failure), radishes needed to be harvested, and some plants looked to be doing pretty good. Notice I haven’t been posting any garden photos lately? It’s just too depressing.

I’m looking forward to tearing stuff up and planting my early season things in late January. The winter garden looks like it isn’t going to be very productive (or enjoyable). Ready for spring now! Please?