Welcome to 2012 at Minerva’s Garden. Sorry for the lack of posts lately–had a family member with emergency surgery, so things have been hectic. However, I’m back now!
The weather reports are saying that we might get a bit of snow tonight through Tuesday, so if you are living in the area and haven’t done so, you may want to take today to protect any sensitive plants that are still lingering outdoors. I have salad greens outside under two and three layers of clear plastic, and so far this winter they have done great! I picked a big bowlful of them last week, which we thoroughly enjoyed in our Saturday Cesar Salad and homeade pizza tradition. With winter salad green production, because the temperatures have been so cold, it takes the plants much longer to recover and regrow than in warmer summer months, so I’ll have to wait a while before I can pick again, but still, it’s great to have some fresh produce from the garden!
As you may remember from a previous post, I have some basil and lettuce and radicchio growing under lights indoors as well. They are still pretty small, but the lettuce is about ready to pick at the baby stage, with leaves about four inches long, so that will be an additional source of greens for us.
Would love to hear from you–feel free to leave a message. Do you do any winter vegetable gardening? Will it be snowy in your area this weekend–let me know, because I love to hear from you!
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