This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy was my first dog and he thought the garden was his, even though I did all the work. Now Suzie and Charley follow in his footsteps. We're located near Boston (USDA zone 6A). I have a community plot, a backyard vegetable garden, fruit trees, berry bushes, chickens, and bees. I use sustainable organic methods and do my best to grow all of my family's vegetables myself.
Tuesday, November 24, 2015
my Thanksgiving lettuce (variety Sandy) survived the cold
Yes! It still looks great. This is a little area that's not under my plastic tunnel, so I want to pick it all for Thanksgiving. Its a great variety. Sandy. A 2015 AAAS Winner that I love. Sweet frilly green leaves. And - very cold tolerant!!
I have some escaroles, Frissee and Natacha, to mix with it. Also curly kale and baby beet greens. Maybe some mustard, Purple Streaks, and some tiny radicchio, Perseo, too. I see what kind of mix I end up with. The rest of the nights before Thursday will be warmer, so I'll stop worrying.
Soon I plant to go through all of the 2015 AAAS Winners that I grew this year and post their photos. Most did great for me. I think of December as sort of a "garden review" month.
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Yay!
I struggled to cover all my (zone 7) beds for the last two nights, when temps dipped below 30 for the first time this season, but I am not sure if I even needed to. I have my best cold-season output yet, with loads of tat soi, pak choy, various other Asian greens, kale, Napa cabbage, arugula, daikon and a few other roots, and peas. I wonder if I could have left it all uncovered until we really get down into the 20s, but I did not want to risk it. This winter gardening thing is so confusing.
Happy Thanksgiving!
That looks lovely, hope you enjoy it with your Thanksgiving meal.
Marian(LondonUK)
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