The White Dot Situation

My sister pointed out that I never followed up on the white fuzz - after rolling the compost, I have not seen the white fuzz! However, not too long after the white fuzz incident, there was the Tiny White Dots Situation - - I opened up the compost to switch lids to roll it and there were strange tiny white dots all over the inside of the plastic bucket (see the above picture). I wasn't sure what it was then (and I'm still not sure what it is) my first two thoughts were: 1) tiny dots of mold and 2) insect larvae of some type.

Nothing has hatched... so I'm pretty sure it's not larvae. The last time I opened the lid to roll the compost, the dots were still there, but they didn't seem as... intense, for lack of a better word. However, I wouldn't not call the White Dot Situation resolved.

Herbs, Day 1

Since outdoor gardening failed (and we had the first hard freeze of the year) I moved the carrots inside - they're doing well, but I don't want to freeze them to death. And I planted herbs today! Hopefully I'll have more luck with the herbs than I did with my plants this summer. I still had some of the humus from this summer left over, so these herbs are planted in a mixture of potting soil and humus. Let's see how they grow!

And then there were .... carrots.

Well, the spinach did not survive the flood. And the zuchini did not survive either... it, I am afraid, died from neglect more than anything. Though the zuchini bloomed, the blooms never turned into little zuchinis... Here's the current state of things: