It’s been a wet winter so far and winter isn’t even officially here till winter solstice on Dec 21st. The picture above was at the beginning of the last snow that came in on Nov 21 and ended up dumping 10 inches of snow with 16 inch deep snow drifts. The place has been a muddy mess as it melts but the plants sure love the moisture and for that I am grateful.
I’m still cleaning out my garden! Got caught off guard with the first snow storm in early October. The picture above is from that storm before the cleanup. The soil looks great in the veggie garden now that all the snow has melted inside the garden. It hasn’t frozen solid yet so pulling the old crops has been easy in the moist soil but time consuming and I want to get it done before the soil freezes. Last year I waited till spring to clean out the garden but feel that it just makes more work in spring for me so I work now when the days are nicer before the ground freezes. I was out of town for half of November, hence the late clean up.
I feel like hibernating with the short days and low light. ZZzzz!
giantveggiegardener 
Looks so soft and quiet! The tomatoes made it to the top of the supports!
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yes! that was in the first section of the garden on the left where you planted them. That one bed saved my tomato season-all the rest didn’t do very well.
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This is what I didn’t see in the Land of Enchantment in winter seven years ago. I sort of wanted to experience a real winter, but it did not start until after we left.
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