Blue Boat Home learning to live together sustainably

The front-yard garden was covered in sheet mulch all winter, but when the plants started to show their green I uncovered them... and then a late frost was predicted.  I bought a bale of straw, which I mistakenly thought would look better than the leaves, and piled it around the plants.  The afternoon before the frost, my row cover arrived by mail, so I used that to keep the wind off.  Everything that survived the winter survived the frost, so I count it a success, though the neighbors must think we're crazy...