Cold frame overview, the spinach & mache came through unscaved.
The red celery perked up. I did harvest 90% today though, itwill be prepped and froze for soups & stews this winter. I hope
what is left will survive the winter for a nice spring harvest.
Cedar poly tunnel overview. Everything else in the tunnel seemedto handle the freeze well. Crops other then the celery are napa cabbage,
sugar loaf chicory, mizuna, romaine & green onions, all immature.
The chard came through so so. I harvested some today and will harvestthe rest before we get another cold snap. I will leave the plants in to over
winter though.
winter though.
The leeks came through fine asides from a little floppiness. I hopethey are worth harvesting by late spring when they make way for peppers.
The half barrel crops are still alive as well. In the barrel isoregano, parsley, thyme, sage & four full heart batavian.
It will be interesting to monitor the progress of these winter crops. Although the cold weather that just passed was very cold for this time of year it is pretty mild compared to what comes in Jan & Feb.
Not too shabby!! Good luck.
ReplyDeleteSome crops just have more resilience than others - surprisingly so! It looks like the majority of your plants are going to be okay.
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see that most are ok.
ReplyDeleteI just got really into cold frame gardening. I am glad to see a good example of it. I started too late to be able to implement it this year, but you give me hope.
ReplyDeleteI wish I had taken before pics like you did because my winter veggies all rebounded to...it's interesting to see them froze at 7 am and then back to the way they should be 3 hours later. Our temps are expected to drop done to single digits later this week though...we'll see how much more they can take.
ReplyDeleteAlso,we should definitely do some seed swapping this spring! Hopefully, I have some seeds that you will like!
Last year I had a young Chinese cabbage live all winter long. Then in the spring it gave up the ghost. I think the freeze/thaws of spring were just too much for a weakened plant. Yours are much better protected than mine are though. I'm rooting for them.
ReplyDeleteYou continue to amazing. In the winter, you too grow food. This is very neat, I should try this.
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