November this year was surprisingly dry. We did get a couple of heavy snowfalls, which is unusual for this time of year here. Usually, it's constant rain. December seems to be making up for that though. It's been raining for days and days now with hardly a break - one of the downfall of living in a temperate rainforest, I guess.

I bought tons of alliums that were on sale around the end of November and just barely managed to get them into the ground. I got about 160 dollars worth for 20 bucks. What a steal! I sacrificed one of the 8 x4 vegetable beds to plant them in as that's the only place that was adequately prepared. I'll move them next fall once the mixed borders have been prepared.