Slight change in weather

 It was COOOLLLD last night! Now probably not freezing because according to the app it only got down to the 40's in the early morning hours. My hands got cold around 8pm and I could not get warm! What does that say about the garden? It's winter! So today there's a mild Santa Ana wind, warming things up to the mid 60's but it was 58-60 in the apartment this morning. The soil might warm up just a tad near the surface but not nearly enough to warm up the spuds in their little divots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clear wintry skies with bare trees, that's what we've got going on the last two days.The sky is actually a lot lighter blue than those pictures, almost slate blue to baby blue and the wind was blowing the leaves around for sure.

 Just for reference, this is chickweed growing in a planter pot and is exactly the same thing in the south bed. Not worried about it, helps later on with 'natural nitrogen' when I pull them out and mix them in with the compost. 

Speaking of the south bed, I harvested a handful of cilantro from a couple of plants. Stems and leaves are a bit soft and lighter green but that's to be expected growing in the shade. 

 

As I was about to take a picture of the potato and stuff, the wind blew a near perfect little red leaf into the onions. I picked it up and attempted to toss it to the side but aerodynamics and wind said otherwise and it landed in the bed again. So there you have it, got a picture of the little leaf that wanted to be remembered. The potato is getting rather tall really and shading one of the other potato divots but there's plenty of time for them to get their sunshine. Cauliflower and Romaine still plugging a long not every quickly.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And cilantro doing what it does, another tall plant coming up where I tossed seed last summer. The carrots are doing just fine actually, should have a nice crop in another month or two. Which will coincide with sun coming back more to the north and giving them all more warmth. 

I haven't watered in about two weeks I think. Cold, rain, then clear but cold, by the time it feels like it needs water, it rains again. Such is the way of the weather and as it should be. 

The hills are all lush and green across the county, if there's any brown, it's rocks or cliffs. San Diego Spring is late winter and snow for the rest of the country. Wouldn't change it for the world.