Yes, it’s a garden update in December. Hey, if I’m eating fresh tomatoes from my garden, I can post about it. <\/p>\n
They aren’t vine-ripened. I picked them in late October and they’ve been ripening at the rate of 1-2 a week. Since they are tiny cherry and grape tomatoes, all I’ve been doing with them is tossing into my lunch salads.<\/p>\n
Speaking of salads, arugula! It did better last year, but it’s still growing happily. Next year instead of mixed greens I should just plant arugula in the fall, because the others never sprouted.<\/p>\n
Also still growing (and going in my salads): chard. I hope it does this well again next year. Note to self: You planted it in early April. Do that again.<\/p>\n
The problem with greens, though, is they cook down so much that I only pick 2-3 servings most weeks. Hm…if our whole yard was chard we wouldn’t have to mow…<\/p>\n
I also have a volunteer dill. The original dill (which were all volunteers from last year) died a while ago, but this little one still seems happy, despite a few light frosts.<\/p>\n
That’s all that’s still growing. I pulled all of the fennel on 11\/25 and cooked the stalks with some chicken. Dumped compost all over the garden, narrowly missing the arugula. Once the last of the greens are done I can add the rest of the compost and start a new pile in its place. My old pile’s pretty full.<\/p>\n
And of course I’m already making plans for next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Yes, it’s a garden update in December. Hey, if I’m eating fresh tomatoes from my garden, I can post about it. They aren’t vine-ripened. I picked them in late October and they’ve been ripening at the rate of 1-2 a … Continue reading