Showing posts with label winter gardening. Show all posts
Showing posts with label winter gardening. Show all posts

Tuesday, November 16, 2010

Our Fall Garden


Welcome Fall!  Fall is welcome after such a hot summer--particularly since we've still been able to get a few crops in that are thriving (quite honestly, we were able to get in only the barest few since fall planting corresponded with Abigail's birth--and these got in a little late, so we're barely getting ripe crops as the weather is getting colder).

Radishes are beautiful this time of year--not too many vegetables can beat radish for vivid color.


 Arugula grows like a weed at our house--it is, in fact, our weed of choice.  Considering how much they charge for it at the grocery store or farmer's market, I'd say arugula growing is a well-kept secret.  I literally scatter seeds onto raked earth and then rake a little more.  Viola!  Crop!


The winter lettuce I planted is so beautiful, I just wish I'd planted more of it.  This little patch is perfect and healthy (just too little).


Since my nursing daughter is up at night if I eat cruciferous veggies, I'm trying to maximize on these last few days of green beans.  We've got a beautiful crop just coming in--I'm trying to let them get just a little longer. . . but I feel like I'm playing chicken with Jack Frost.

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

January Harvest!


Believe it or not, we just pulled these out of the ground today.  Our fall carrots that I was too sick to care about a few months ago when I should have picked them.  They were still pretty good, though I doubt the recent hard frost of several days did them any good.  Anyway, I'm so proud to be harvesting anything this time of year.  :)