This weeks harvest was the last harvest of 2011 and was a tiny one, but a harvest none-the-less :-) Again, we have greens! Enough greens for three good sized salads!
I am especially grateful for our grow lights these days given the state of our Wagons/hoop houses. Everything is either super slow to grow, has been frost bitten or has been attacked and eaten by some creature. The only thing doing really well is the spinach and I'm trying to let it get it's roots under it before I start harvesting any of it.
Everything else, I am hoping, will straggle along through these cold, cold months and give us a few bountiful harvests as winter transitions into spring. As I recall, that is what happened with our kale last year...since this is the second year we've tried to over-winter a few crops, I'll have to take last years experience as a bit of comfort that all those seeds haven't been lost. Regardless of the outcome, next winter I'll be that much wiser!
This weeks totals:
- Lettuce = 4 ounces
You can find all of my 2011 totals here.
Linking up to Harvest Monday @ Daphne's Dandelions
At this time of year, any type of harvest is a good one :)
ReplyDeleteMany of those crops will indeed burst forth with new growth just as soon as the days get longer and the temps rise just a bit. In the meantime, you are enjoying some lovely fresh greens during the dark days of winter.
ReplyDeletefoodgardenkitchen - Agreed! I'm grateful for every little ounce :-)
ReplyDeletekitsapFG - Yes, I'm trying to be patient...our days have been warm, but our nights are really dipping! In the meantime, I'm happy with the greens :-)
Great! My plots look a bit like yours right now - kale, swiss chard, beets all trying to survive! What's that pretty purpley round leaf in your salad mix?
ReplyDeleteGreens for 3 good size salad is not at all tiny. Your spinach are looking good and healthy, you will probably be harvesting soon.
ReplyDeleteLovely harvest in the middle of the winter!
ReplyDeleteI wish you a splended new gardening year,
Charlotta
I'm glad I found your blog. I have been working on a list of intentions for the new year but now that I've read your "101 in 1001"... I'm inspired to do the same. I will share once I've completed my list. thanks for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteBrie - I'm glad I'm not alone! I was feeling a little sad, but I guess it's just the season, right?! The pretty purple leaf is an overgrown broccoli sprout! We planted sprouts under our grow lights and haven't been able to keep up with them!
ReplyDeleteNorma - Thanks! The salads were good and you are right :-) I'm anxiously looking forward that spinach, though!
Charlotta - Thanks! Happy 2012!
aka Jules - Thanks for popping over! 1001 days seems so much more do-able, doesn't it?! Happy intention setting!
lovely greens~ that's most of my harvesting at the moment too.
ReplyDeleteI think your greens are great looking. I sometimes get thinking my beets should be better, but then I realize it is January!! Then I feel better. My little spinach and lettuce and beet greens are perfect for January.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a good harvest for the end of December. :) I hope you have a wonderful year.
ReplyDeleteLynn
Enough green for 3 good sized salads is great. I think I would never leave the house let alone garden in your climate, and certainly if I was a plant I'd be sitting quietly waiting for things to get a bit more civilized before bothering to grow some leaves.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful winter harvest! From what I have experienced, overwintered greens tend to slow down and sometimes remain in a suspended animation stage both from the cold and the reduced daylight. Even frost bitten plants may eventually sprout some new growth. I so miss fresh greens right now. Yours look so delicious.
ReplyDeleteThese winter harvests can be the best ones...no matter how small they are!
ReplyDeleteHope you have some fresh harvest through winter. Size does not matter as long as it fresh and home-grown.
ReplyDeleteMary - Gotta love those greens while we've got 'em, right?!
ReplyDeleteIt Is Our Normal - It's all about perspective, isn't it? I try not to compare my harvests to others, but sometimes it's hard!
Lynn - Thank you! Happy 2012!
Liz - I know, right?! I love it here, but the longer I grow veggies, the more I long to live in a warmer climate!
GrafixMuse - Yes, they do tend to seem to freeze in time...it's very interesting! Silly sun needs to find his way back over our heads ;-)
Robin - Absolutely!!!
Malay-Kadazan girl - Thanks for the reminder! Your garden is such an inspiration, I'll just fantasize about it until ours is fully green again ;-)