December 5 a cold front came through followed by 2 weeks of fairly cold weather. Most of the peas froze before we had a chance to harvest anything. We did harvest a few green beans. The butternut squash seems to be taking the freeze surprizingly well. Things effected badly by the frost were: Green beans, peas, acorn squash, zuchini squash, cilantro, tomatoes, bell pepper.
We are harvesting: Bunching Onions, lettuce, beets, cilantro, parsley, chard and carrots. I also harvested 1000s of Marigold seed. The turnips, peas, brocolli and cabbage are growing nicely. The sweet peas are finally starting to bloom and are a beautiful red color.
The granex onions are doing well. They are about 6 inches tall and just about ready to spreadout into a larger area. Here is a current video clip. I made a mistake saying I planted Nov 15. I really planted them on October 15 and hope to harvest 15 June.
I am washing and sterilizing plastic cups that I used before for starts. I plan on starting tomatoes and other things in the house next month to get a head start on the spring garden.
Here are pictures. of what the garden looks like in December 2009.
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
November 2009
The garden is growing great. We are finally starting to pick lettuce, chard, cilantro, radishes and parsley. It won't be long and we will be picking green beans, squash and peas.
October 2009
The good news for October is that everything I planted came up! I feel a lot better about gardening today. The weather is cooling down and the garden looks great. The board method of planting was great. We are on our way to a great garden. Here are some Pictures
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