These are the generous side shoots just harvested from the remaining broccoli plants which look somewhat bedraggled. There will be side shoots for at least another month, or maybe longer.

In this bed the Jacaranda broccoli were removed after harvest and flowers were planted. Iceland poppies thrive in the winter sun. I also had leftover ranunculus corms and added them for spring color. The screening covers them since birds find the sprouts delectable.

Here screens also protect crops. Crows like to root around the young lettuce and sometimes pull plants out of the ground. I let the native wind poppy thread among the crops with the soon to come soft orange papery flowers.

Under the far screen, chard and calendula seedlings are only an inch tall and behind them the potatoes. Garlic snuggles up to the sweet peas.

The sweet peas climb the trellis and I await the bicolor purple blooms.

Parsley and thyme front three kinds of carrots. Behind them slip in scallions soon to become spring onions. Beets grow well in front of the snow peas.

The Golden Sweet snow peas top the trellis and I need a step stool to harvest the upper reaches. Daily harvests yield just shy of a pound.

Four celery plants at the back of the bed make for easy cutting of stalks as needed. Dill plants thrive and are mixed with purple larkspur which should be a memorable combo in a month. I’m harvesting spinach and Rosaine lettuce. Seascape strawberries and fescue await their destination elsewhere.

As early lettuce was harvested, kale and radishes fill the spaces. I try to succession plant whenever there’s bare soil. Which reminds me, I need to find a spot for the next sowing of arugula.

Oh the winter garden!