General information and discussion about cultivating all other edible garden plants.
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November 11, 2013 | #31 |
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Still have brussel sprouts, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, cilantro, lettuce & spinach and a low of 21 predicted for a couple nights this week here, too. Ate my last sweet red pepper tonight.
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November 12, 2013 | #32 |
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We'll be getting the coldest weather of the season, as well, but not as cold as you guys! I picked my remaining peppers yesterday. I have escarole, lettuce, spinach, cabbage, kale, beets and carrots out there too. Can't stand to have any empty beds!
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November 12, 2013 | #33 |
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The only things left in my garden are next year's garlic and shallots, and a few herbs still hanging on in pots -- sage, thyme, oregano, and chives. I did manage to get one mature Rugosa squash, which I picked yesterday before pulling up all the vines. I planted them late after digging up the garlic, so I'm glad I'll at least get to try it in order to decide if I want to squeeze some in a bit earlier next year.
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November 12, 2013 | #34 |
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I just got my shallots planted on Friday. I was way behind. I think they were delivered in September!
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November 14, 2013 | #35 |
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Ethiopian Blue Mustard (Highland Kale)
Pea shoots Spigariello (broccoli kale or leaf broccoli) Nasturtium (in the greenhouse) Florence Torpedo Onion starts (in the greenhouse) That's it. I trade for other produce at the farmers' market. |
November 22, 2013 | #36 |
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broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, collards, carrots, turnip greens, and lettuce growing in the gardens. Micro-greens (radish and turnip) sprouting in the kitchen. Gotta love the micro-greens. Powerful green vitamins for that salad or soup.
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December 3, 2013 | #37 |
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I love stuff I can grow in a tray. Seems like the only thing I can grow successfully, to be honest -- everything else is either growing after accidental neglect, better attributed to extremely lucky weather than skill, or a stunted version of what should be a massive plant.
I have two trays of mesclun mix growing really nicely in containers. Most of the winter stuff I put in the ground either didn't come up or didn't thrive. I also have peppers, oregano, thyme, lots of kale, broccoli, a handful of surviving cherry tomato plants. Also a Black and Brown Boar plant and a Green Zebra plant that have survived heat, cold, rain, and parching. I'm guessing my very poor dirt is the root cause (pun intended) and next season I'm going to lay a LOT of compost down. Fortunately I've been making some! |
December 3, 2013 | #38 |
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perennial kale (aka tree collards) -- I eat a few raw leaves every day all year
Ruby Streaks mustard -- a really beautiful plant but pungent Purple Peacock Broccoli -- the birds and snails love it too -- I started a couple dozen plants and am down to 3-4 healthy ones Pixie cabbage garlic -- already planted at one garden buttercrunch lettuce -- still trying to like lettuce arugula -- reseeded itself; I eat a few leaves every day mache -- comes back every year violas -- one of the best tasting flowers, comes back every year nasturtiums -- reseeds yacon -- will be ready to harvest anytime now until Feb. or so jerusalem artichokes -- harvested a bunch, still have a lot more in the ground Florence Red onions green onions (aka bunching onions) -- I nibble on these in the garden Red Russian kale Rainbow Lacinato kale -- planted a couple years ago and I keep cutting it back Redventure celery -- reseeded itself; too bitter to eat raw, but dries well and is great for cooking Amsterdam cutting celery -- reseeded itself cilantro flat-leaf parsley --reseeded itself still have a few carrots in the ground |
December 3, 2013 | #39 |
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I have a tub of leeks and a tub of greens: mizuna, a spicy mustard, and a butterhead lettuce, that I brought into the greenhouse when it started to get frosty. I'm cutting the leeks instead of pulling them, to see how they do for an early regrow in the spring.
Also a very large rosemary plant that will probably come indoors at some point for the winter. I have some scrawny green onions from late seed ("Hardy Evergreen") that need to be fed/potted up/ given light and warmth to get going for the winter, ditto for garlic chives. I have some radishes still living in the garden after a brutal cold snap a couple days ago, but some other critter has decided that radish leaves are good eatin. Still a few leaves on the lacinato and scotch kale as well, but probably too tough to interest the average wildlife. I'll be starting seed for microgreens and baby greens under lights soon, I hope, but waiting till the annual general container cleanup has been done to make sure there aren't lurky pests brought indoors in the process. |
December 5, 2013 | #40 |
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My winter garden consists of lots of winter squash (many varieties), beets, carrots, onions,
and about 50 tomato varieties with a concentration on paste tomatoes (thanks to a very generous gal on Tomatoville). One plant has set over 23 'maters and I am going to have to learn how to make tomato paste, for sure. I planted all my okra and rhubarb before I left Canada. I have about a dozen 'maters in 5 gal. buckets lining my driveway; If we get a freeze, I will wheel them into the garage. The rest are in my hoophouses and hothouses as we can get frost or even freeze at our altitude here in So. Calif. |
December 6, 2013 | #41 |
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You know, I feel dumb, but I didn't even think to plant winter squash. It's even in the name. Are you all mostly in the 60s (down to 40s at night) this time of year too?
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December 6, 2013 | #42 |
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Normally, we are in the high sixties during the day and forties at nights at this
time of the year. However, with this global warming, we are looking at the low fifties during the day and mid-thirties at night for a couple of weeks at least. Most of the 'maters that I care about are in the hoop houses or hot houses as are the cukes, but the squash, carrots and beets are at war with the elements. My squash has set fruit though. |
December 6, 2013 | #43 |
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My MIL hired a lawn crew to tidy our place up for Christmas. Thoughtful gift, but both of my pumpkins were mowed over. Sadly. I waited all summer for them to do something and they seemed to be enjoying the cooler weather! It's been pretty cold here too, high 40s. The cold weather greens are in heaven, eggplant and tomatoes, not so much. All the peppers are inside.
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December 7, 2013 | #44 |
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In my climate, winter squash is planted at the same time as summer squash. The vines can last longer than summer squash, but the first frost (a few days ago, here) does them in. (Actually, I had a hybrid zucchini and a tromboncino this year that kept on producing until frost! But all the other summer squash were done over a month ago.) The squash themselves -- depending on the variety -- can last all winter indoors in a cool place, though. I have one that's 2 years old.
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