tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post8332694766355324344..comments2024-03-19T00:54:49.043-05:00Comments on In My Kitchen Garden: Garden Journal 12/6/10: Eating Greens & Getting OrganizedFarmgirl Susanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-38276751882828556842011-01-04T15:43:59.075-06:002011-01-04T15:43:59.075-06:00Hi Everybody,
Thanks for all the interesting comme...<b>Hi Everybody,<br />Thanks for all the interesting comments!</b><br /><br /><b>OtterGarden,</b><br />Yes, the garlic should be snug as a bug in a rug this winter. We experimented this year and mulched the garlic bed with alternating layers of chopped dried leaves and dry manure bedding hay from the sheep barn.<br /><br />The leaves came from the lawn (I use that word loosely, LOL) - Joe ran over them with the lawn mower, which chopped them up nicely, and then emptied the bags of leaves (with a little grass mixed in) into the work cart, which was then emptied onto the raised bed. The manure hay layers (which is what we usually use) were much thicker than the layers of leaves. Even though the leaves were dry, we didn't want to have them form a matted layer.<br /><br />I don't purchase mulch either. And I'll use whatever I can find - including weeds I've just pulled up out of the ground! :)Farmgirl Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04851855517852917202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-64613620543667971682011-01-02T12:54:54.249-06:002011-01-02T12:54:54.249-06:00Looks like the garlic will be well-covered and com...Looks like the garlic will be well-covered and comfy until they're grown! What did you use for mulch? I live in the suburbs, and it's hard to come by anything but dried grass clippings and mowed leaves, unless you want to buy something from the store. . .which I try to avoid when possible.OtterGardennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-66043266607243172972010-12-17T21:40:13.625-06:002010-12-17T21:40:13.625-06:00My last planting of lettuce is growing slooooooly....My last planting of lettuce is growing slooooooly. They're too tiny to cut. Single digits frost burned them a bit (they're in a cold frame) but we've had warmer days and all seem to have survived. We're still riping tomatoes on the kitchen counter and eating them.Gardener on Sherlock Streethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11367115529793643362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-31584881861758345252010-12-12T10:24:12.816-06:002010-12-12T10:24:12.816-06:00I have some sparse Swiss Chard still feebly standi...I have some sparse Swiss Chard still feebly standing in my garden. In mid-November I pulled in a ridiculous amount of habaneros just in time before a frost.Shirleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16298730480568965781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-8540109533585090482010-12-12T07:52:01.194-06:002010-12-12T07:52:01.194-06:00lurker here..LOVE your blog!
We enjoyed tomatoes f...lurker here..LOVE your blog!<br />We enjoyed tomatoes from the greenhouse with our Thanksgiving salad! All gone now but it was great to have fresh veggies (tomatoes & peppers) through the end of November!Senior Tech OWLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13728012281315379431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-32352326682187804342010-12-08T21:23:57.184-06:002010-12-08T21:23:57.184-06:00I still have beets, spinach,lettuce, and carrots o...I still have beets, spinach,lettuce, and carrots outside, thought we have had a low of 12F here in the middle of New Mexico. Blankets have kept the garden still growing so far.<br /><br />I dug up most of my potatoes for Thanksgiving and made a huge vat of garlic mashed potatoes (with garlic from the garden as well). We will see how much longer the garden lasts since I started ignoring it.<br /><br />(Oh and the wine from our one vine in the garden--One Vine Wine--is chilling outside as I type, same with the prickly pear mead)Castalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03407553953656489236noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-83490344626110248602010-12-07T19:27:02.374-06:002010-12-07T19:27:02.374-06:00Try the arugula with roasted corn( or toasted in a...Try the arugula with roasted corn( or toasted in a cast iron skillet since grilling season for corn is past), kalamata olives, very thinly sliced red onion, garlic smashed and added to olive oil and lemon juice and topped with freshly grated parmesan....I must make dinner sooooon...Mary from Madisonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-61519759782564970692010-12-07T08:36:09.748-06:002010-12-07T08:36:09.748-06:00From the garden to the Thanksgiving table: leeks, ...From the garden to the Thanksgiving table: leeks, potatoes, butternut squash, and some herbs for the trout. (We did have a turkey, but we always have a fish too if my husband catches one right before Thanksgiving--he usually does.)<br /><br />Still in the garden are some late-planted beets, carrots, and potatoes that OOPS should have been dug up before it snowed six inches. Plus leeks and parsnips that I never did get covered with leaves so add that to the list of things this year that I meant to do and never got to; chard that may be dead after our very cold nights and lots of snow; and the seriously hardy collard greens.Kristin @ Going Countryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00221544641416039741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-86526783240007187922010-12-07T01:50:57.139-06:002010-12-07T01:50:57.139-06:00I still need to mulch my garlic bed. That's o...I still need to mulch my garlic bed. That's on my list of things to do.meemsnychttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10584936035577822444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-11234927402070158152010-12-06T21:48:32.627-06:002010-12-06T21:48:32.627-06:00So how was your fall growing season? We got some c...So how was your fall growing season? We got some carrots, lost some lettuce. Nothing much, just enough for a salad. I think our season is over, but we can start planning for spring!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-52189966128191536122010-12-06T19:42:17.094-06:002010-12-06T19:42:17.094-06:00LOTS of seeds ordered (I'm a junkie), and here...LOTS of seeds ordered (I'm a junkie), and here's what my winter garden is up to: http://www.mysuburbanhomestead.com/kind-depressing-pics-winter-garden/Vegetable Garden Cookhttp://www.MySuburbanHomestead.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-88140439076382876202010-12-06T17:17:39.619-06:002010-12-06T17:17:39.619-06:00At Thanksgiving we ate radishes and arugula in our...At Thanksgiving we ate radishes and arugula in our salad from my small hoop house. I live in southern New Hampshire.Bill Brikiatishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12942331270638419412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21318605.post-57006146406353804562010-12-06T14:51:20.575-06:002010-12-06T14:51:20.575-06:00I enjoy reading your blog very much and I am glad ...I enjoy reading your blog very much and I am glad to hear that you were able to harvest so much out of your fall garden. Being in the San Francisco Bay area, I don't think that the Fall garden stops before it is time to plant for spring. I am harvesting swiss chard, kale, arugula, and beets. The onions, garlic, red cabbage, peas of various kinds, and fava beans are growing well. Thanks for inspiring me to plant garlic! I even have a couple of grape tomatoes and figs slowly ripening.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02320207909160956986noreply@blogger.com