Gardening in California While We Shovel Snow!

I guess I was hoping that California really isn't at least two months ahead of us here in North Idaho. We're just getting ready to start our seeds indoors here, but Bruce, my brother and sister-in-law Sheri live in Marin, California, and already have some of their garden planted (are those carrots!?!) and their trees and orchid  are blooming. Glad to see their tarps though - I hope they're garden bed tarps!

 More of Bruce's California garden:

I'm hoping to keep adding to these pictures throughout the growing season. If you have gardening pictures from other areas, whether you're family or not, please send them to me with or without a blurb so we can all check them out!