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Wednesday, November 20, 2013

Monday, November 18, 2013

Now you see them...now you don't

radishes in the yard

I mowed this group of radishes down before the really cold nights hit last week. I needed some green material for a compost pile.


This group did not get mowed down.


But the cold temperatures did them in.


And now Lucy (my German Shepard) is working on chewing up all the radishes she can find. Hopefully, she won't learn how to pull them out of the ground. Since she discovered them, I can't keep her away from them. Luckily, they don't seem to bother her stomach, which is notoriously sensitive.

broccoli after the hard freezes

the garden - November 16th
The broccoli tent used to be in the upper right corner of the garden. As you can see, though, the cabbages are still there.

Wednesday, November 13, 2013

Over?

After two nights with temperatures in the teens, I think the garden might be done.

Radishes
Broccoli
That's a look at the broccoli through its plastic tent. It doesn't look good. I couldn't get a good look at the cabbages.

I don't get home from work before dark these days, so I won't be able to see if they perk up today. Our temperatures are supposed to go back up a bit starting tomorrow. Guess we'll see if there's any garden left.

Monday, November 11, 2013

Fall in the garden

The garden November 7th
You can't see it well in that picture, but we had a heavy frost Thursday morning.


The radishes didn't look great. It warmed up over the weekend, however. Saturday morning they looked like this again:


I took advantage of the beautiful fall weather and spent some time outside, harvesting leaves. More on that later. When the sky looks like this, how can you not be outside?


I uncovered each of the cabbages and the broccoli plants to see how they're doing.


The broccoli leaves look good, but I don't see anything in there that resembles the part you eat.


 I can see the beginning of a little head of cabbage, but what are the chances it'll live long enough? Guess we'll see tonight. The temperatures are supposed to get into the teens. Either the cabbage will survive, or the fall garden will be over.

This weekend's birds: sparrow, blue jay, cardinal, junco, robin, white breasted nuthatch, ringneck dove, house finch, chickadee. I haven't seen that many birds in weeks!

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Radish update

Have I mentioned the groundhog radishes are doing well? Look at the size of this one:




They're not all this big, but they're big enough.

While I was nosing around in the garden the other day, I found this under my chives.


Isn't it cool?

Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Squirrel Patrol

The garden - November 4th
Squirrel patrol - November 4th
I think I see one
Can't you see I'm sleeping
He doesn't see me.
No more squirrel

Good job, girls!