Envy all of you who can keep gardening this time of year.
We had 12 inches of snow Wednesday night and then 40 degrees today (typical for the northwest)
God bless you all and Merry Christmas!!
We sometimes get deep snow, but not too often. We had weather below freezing here this week, but I cheat. I built raised beds with the back against a concrete retaining wall, facing southwest.
Then I put straw or milk jugs of water along the sides, cover all with a double layer of row cover, and add straw, and styrofoam as needed. The sun heats up the concrete and water, then releases it at night on sunny days.
Then the cool weather crops do pretty well, the peppers and lemons etc, I grow indoors in front of the patio window which faces south west.
You only have so much time in your life, why would you live somewhere you cant go outside and enjoy yourself all year long? This has never made sense to me.