Strong winds blow off one of the plastic panes covering the cold frame. Luckily nothing shattered so I am able to easily replace it. But upon close inspection, I discover that I am not the only one who is lucky. There is digging in the soil and the tops of all the carrots (Daucus carota ssp sativus) are gone. From the footprints in the patch, it appears that a newly awakened raccoon has taken advantage of the situation. The ice hard soil makes it too difficult to extract an entire carrot. Instead, this hungry omnivore digs and nibbles its way to the ice line of the soil leaving orange stumps for me to look upon. Time to get out a bungee cord! The game is on!
