garden, winter and before...

These are shots of the garden plot back in september, before we had really done any work.  There was one little raised bed that has been cleared we planted some spinach and some carrots in this bed.  I chose spinach because it very fast from seed to table! It is also frost resistant for a while. Within a week of sprouting it looked like it was ready to eat.  The seed packet says 28 days to maturity.  Carrots are also supposed be frost hearty but only after they have matured.  I had to learn that the hard way.  I didn't have any luck, or much motivation to try much else during the winter.  Just occasional weed and rock removals.  

The spinach did well and grew fast.  But our often visiting four hoofed friends ate it all.  We have a few plans to keep the deer out next time.  The first being a fence,  but were gonna try a fence with fishing line.  Maybe we can just out smart them with that.  The next option is Edgar.  The hyper lab/border collie mix.  He will come back eventually, right?