Well then, seems a bit too long without a post

 It happens that not much is happening in the garden so I didn't think it worth while to post until there was enough pictures. It's been cold, got a drizzle the other day and a cold Santa Ana came through, but that's about all for the weather. Getting into the low 40's at night into early morning and only gets up to low 70's midday. 

The 'Seasonal Tree' is about as naked as it can get and the same with other liquid ambers in the area. That's how you know it's really winter around here. Sycamores still have their leaves, mostly brown so they are dropping tons every day and moreso when there's a wind.

Something I noticed a few days ago was Dolores dragged her planter box of chives over to her 'garden area' from the end of mine. I remember her saying she's going to dig them out and put something else in it since she doesn't use them really. Oh well. I got a good handful, chopped them up and put them in the freezer. They last for a long time so it's a no brainer but whatever she wants to do. Those pictures were taken around noon and you can see that the west bed is in complete shade by then so the radishes only get maybe a few hours of sun early in the morning when it comes up and around from the building. 

Radishes are doing okay and still only one Romaine growing. Potatoes are still plugging along and I'm still only using the broken hose. Have to wait until after Christmas to see what gifts I get and probably get one in January. The onions will be ready in that bed in a few more weeks and there's a few cilantro sprouts there and in the west bed that will be ready to harvest by February at least. Once the new year hits I'll drop some more seeds as a succession planting. Still need to plant some lettuce. Have to wait on those as well since it's too cold for them to really do well unless I try to do them indoors.

Haven't been any signs of animals but that's sort of expected considering anything that would be digging is semi-hibernating right now. The lady downstairs with the hibiscus and lantana have trimmed them back completely again, it all works out obviously but it just hurts to see them like that when it really isn't necessary. Oh, 'Mabel' the mantid disappeared a few days back. One day she was on the same flower and the next, gone. Hope she just moved on and not a bird getting her, still don't know what happened to Manny.

Time for bed and the long, cold plodding of days to the end of the year.