1st Snow in Boulder

The balmy fall days are gone for a while.  We woke up to some snow on the ground that melted right away.  The mountains are being dumped on, though which is great for the water supply. Most of the systems are going south of us.

I remembered some greens I had planted in September - kale and turnip greens, I think. Those are covered now with a plastic cloche.

My Yard Man and I did get the new garden area roughly dug before the moisture hit. The plan is to let the water seep down into the deeper soil and break it up with freezes and thaws. I still haven't gotten used to the look of the fence but the dogs are loving the extra area to run around.

Some time after that 6' high fence went in, our Scottie went tearing out the open door into the back yard. There was a full grown buck, something I haven't seen since the fence went up. He could have gored her with one of his antlers but she is such a fierce little presence and that sent him running off to the front yard. She tried to go after him down the side yard but I stopped her so she settled for scolding him through the front window.

I have this cloche that I bought a long time ago that I really like. It's light weight and folds flat for the off season. It's basically a few pieces of double-paned plastic
with some holes punched into the corners and a little vent cut into the lid. Fasteners came with it, but now I just use old bread ties to hold the pieces together.

I looked around for rigid plastic like this to make some more and couldn't find any till I took a short cut through the art department at McGuckin's and voila!
There were sheets of the plastic the size of poster board. Can't imagine what kind of art project would require the material.

I don't need another cloche anymore, but I thought I would pass the idea along. When it's time to replace the heavy rigid plastic on the permanent cold frame, I'll get some of this stuff.