This is what plantains look like one month after they have experienced about twelve hours at 29 degrees Fahrenheit.

 This is where they are going to go, as soon as possible, into our old plastic compost bin, which evaluation showed will be serviceable enough.  They will be chipped and shredded with our new chipper-shredder, which I assembled today.  Plantain plants are full of good soil nutrients, which should also make a good mulch, as well as compost.  I gather this is brown compost, which I need to balance out with green compost.

 More about this tomorrow, weather permitting.  Because of the California drought, our garden may be even more useful than before.