(L) The arugula is doing great, but it sprouted in the fall. (M) The purple bok choy was not an amazing success, but we did harvest the tips shortly after the photo. (R) The new leeks went in as small plants. Hopefully they’ll leave some offsets for future plants.
A vegetable garden is more fun if it’s there all year. The slugs certainly think so, too. However, armed with a bit of pet-friendly slug bait, we’ve managed to get things growing.
Gardening in winter requires a lot of patience, especially if you were a bit late planting in the fall. However, the benefit is that if all goes well you’ll have some winter greens like bok choy, arugula and maybe some other things like frisée. Most of these things don’t like a lot of heat and get bitter if they’re too hot. Certainly no risk of that today!