the iu northwest community garden is still in winter

the snow on the north side of the community garden has melted back a bit...last years ( and probably this year's too ) cucumber bed has emerged and across the garden you can just make out the corner of the strawberry bed...the south side is still firmly in the grip of the snow...still there are signs of life...the winter wheat has not gone completely dormant all winter despite the cold...the retreating snow has uncovered a stand that is about half and half...by next month the dormant grass will begin to "green" and there will be seed heads for the starlings to ravage by june...it may not look auspicious but i will be out ther in the next few weeks ( by mid march) to plant tesosinte seeds and the early potatoes ( notably the "early blue" growing in my basement ) will be cut, calloused and planted in the next forty-six days or so...there is already garlic in the ground ( that will be unmulched next month ) and the fearless jerusalem artichokes which should be up in early april as well...it is closer than it seems.