Wednesday, November 27, 2013

Life in the Garden

Wow I think we've already experienced at least seven nights of 27 degrees or below already!  There were snowflakes falling with the rain today! This is not normal weather around here!  I have worn shorts to the Christmas parade in years past!  Tonight is supposed to be 23 according to the Weather Channel, which means it'll be about 20-21 in my backyard.

I harvested all the lettuce this morning to use for our Thanksgiving salad.  The rest of the fall garden - broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, kohlrabi, and garlic - has been mulched in with leaves over the past few weeks (our first frost was October 24) and this afternoon before the sun set, we covered each garden row using an old bed sheet as a floating row cover.  All the sheets are from the 70's - my mom blessed us with these gorgeous, wild, yet valuable frost covers when she moved.  It looks like a camp of miniature psychedelic-print tents  in my backyard, but so far they have preserved all the life in my garden.

Keep your fingers crossed the adorable baby produce survive this hard frost tonight!  Most of these little beauties are "due" for harvest during the next week or two!!  This is my first time planting a fall garden and most of these veggies are new to me.  I expect the garlic to be ready any time from December - February.

It's all one big experiment! :)

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