Here we are at the 15th of the month again, so time for a recap. It is cold this morning at 11:00 AM, with the car exterior thermometer registering 23 Degrees. And some wind to boot. I would not usually open a cold frame in such conditions, yet Cindy wants some greens to top a Taco dip. So I will try to harvest quickly so as to not freeze anything.
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| Collards, alive, yet not happy |
The thick stem chinese mustard on the right side of this shot is supposed to be capable of handling temperatures down to 6 degrees F. The small inner leaves are still alive, but the majority of the leaves do not appear to be edible at this time. I may end up transplanting some of these into cold frames if some space becomes available. There are Beedy's Camden kale plants to the left of the mustard. They too should be alive, but look even less enticing than the mustard.
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| Oops, the Artichokes don't look happy at all |
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| Egyptian onions await warmer weather |
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| Newest cold frame |
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| Same cold frame, left side |
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| Unprotected bed, mixed greens and garlic |
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| Mizuna mustard, top left corner |
Most of the rest of the garden pictures will be covered frames, as I did not want to expose the plants to the sub freezing air. This shot is of the transplanted mizuna, and lots of volunteer celery.
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| Arugula ready to pick when weather improves |
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| Picked from this frame today, 1/15/2012 |
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| Last of the frames |
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| Unprotected Tango lettuce |
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| Sleave of lettuce picked 1/15/2012 |
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| Nice harvest, 1/15/2012 |
I picked the lettuce as quickly as I could, as I had to open up the cold frame. Saw nary a slug, as they must have been hiding from the cold. I tucked the bag of greens into my jacket for the walk back to the car, and as you can see, they turned out just fine.
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