Winter gardens rock!  When I was teaching, fall was one of the busiest times of the year for me.  There was absolutely no time for tending to a garden.  I tried it one year and it went sadly neglected.  Had I only known that winter and fall gardens are the easiest to tend!  I would have had broccoli and kale, swiss chard and pumpkins every single year.
     Fall and winter in Uruguay have some rain and cooler temps, so there's not much watering involved.  The first year we planted in the fall, I expected to have to go to the garden every single day and pull weeds, water, pick bugs off the plants, etc.  NOPE!  Fall and winter gardens are suspiciously pest-free. The cooler temps and less intense sun mean not as much watering and not as many weeds. Whoo hoo!!