Dormant Garden

Both the garden and the gardener have been pretty much dormant this winter; the garden is dormant because it's, well, winter, and the gardener is dormant because she's undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer.  She's been told to take it easy on the gardening because the chemo is disrupting her white blood cell count and she's supposed to avoid sources of bacterial, viral and fungal infection.  Soil is a major source of bacterial and fungal microbes, of course.  I'm just afraid she's going to develop a case of Black Spot or Powdery Mildew.

However, that hasn't stopped her from doing occasional maintenance of the garden, including harvesting lettuces, and planning the spring planting of the vegetable garden.

Isn't This Lettuce Gorgeous?

I'm not sure what the implications are for the tomato crop this year, but I know she'll work something out.