i'm hoping for a cover crop comeback.

i'm worried about my cover crop.

i've been saying some prayers to the earth Gods in hopes to revitalize my garden. i (sadly) planted my cover crop pretty late this season. about 3 1/2 weeks later than i would have liked. well the seeds floated to the surface (as they usually do) and i did my best to bury them again. they have become tiny seedlings, but they look incredibly weak and feable. kind of floppy. vulnerable. to the cold mornings, local squirrels, and anything else that frolics in my garden.

and i don't know how to protect them. how i want to protect them. each morning i walk out to my backyard to check on them, wishing for a cover crop comeback of sorts. i imagine these thick stalks growing to the sky. but all i am faced with are tiny little alfalfa sprout knock-offs...the kind you grow in jar in your kitchen window...

so i keep thanking whomever for these wonderful sunny days. keep 'em coming earth Gods. keep the sun a shining.