mulch check-up

it may be difficult to see but there were quite a few birds gleaning the garden when i pulled up this morning ( we have, among other things, a lot of worms...hoping we don't lose too many..although they may have gone to ground deeper than the birds can reach by now )...they were not pleased by my approach...but all i was doing was checking to see that the mulch and fabric were still intact...they are...which is a fine thing to see on a chilly saturday...the birds weren't the only ones doing some gleaning...although it wasn't my main purpose, while i was nosing around the beds i found...tubers...so i brought them home and cleaned them up...seed for next year's crop.