December gardening was a pleasure this year, warmish, dry without wind and little rain. I covered the beds with leaves from Liz's garden and what I could get from the birch next door. I also completely covered the beds that I planted with garlic and shallots. Most of the leaves stayed in place and were starting to break down by the time the snow arrived January 18th. And did it arrive, first snow was only a few inches and the little garlic tops were sticking out of the snow. Then more snow to about 8-10 inches covered everything. The Lacinato kale was the only thing showing above the snow, that and the rosemary. I didn't cover my bay tree so we shall see how it fairs. It is on the porch close to the house but not enough to make much of a difference in temperature once it is 27 degrees out.
I hadn't trimmed the lavender and hope that it isn't damaged by having flowers out in the snow.
I still have/had mustard, kale, leeks, beets, parsnips and arugula in the raised beds that are now covered in snow. It will be interesting to see how they are once the storm has blown by. I intended to cover those plants but did not get it done. It would be helpful to have a system set up here so that I don't try to figure it out when the bad weather comes.
Very happy to be able to gather thyme, rosemary and parsley from the snow beds. The bit of freshness and green to our warm food is a very nice thing.
The snow is melting slowly now.....
