Some buckets have been placed out to fill with water. The goal is to capture water, obviously, but the hazard is that they will freeze and crack. While buckets having drainage can be a good thing (insects and water are less likely to become trapped inside), it can also be a bad thing (no longer able to hold water when wanted). These buckets are somewhat "disposable" in that they're pretty easy to replace (definitely easier than watering cans). By easy, technically I mean free...
Once you get water, it can go into the greenhouse for use, either transfer (clean) water to the watering can, or use the container with the holes drilled into it to scoop out water containing clogging debris...
In this bed I have planted all kinds of seeds of early vegetables I'd like to either transplant out in time or eat from here between now and ??? I've planted at least twice, but so far precious nothing has come up. It might seriously be too cold...
...as the same plantings have had a lot better success on the left/east side of the bed.
The peas which were too little to plant out in January were actually lucky, as the ones outside are taking a cold beating now. They get to come out on sunny days to "harden off" outside at the back of the greenhouse, in preparation of being planted outdoors at some point...
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