The only thing left in the garden now is the lettuce and a few young carrots. And tonight I picked my dinner salad out of the snow. At this point in the year, I am taking the whole plant and thinning out anything that will not be covered under my row cover to protect it from snow and frost.
What could be better than fresh, chilled, tender buttercrunch lettuce?
The garden is put to bed for the winter. The soil is amended with compost, the catnip is drying in the chicken coop, the sunflower seeds have been roasted, the chard has been frozen to be clipped for soups and sauces, and the carrots have been pulled and put up. A clean slate for the next year.
But, be forewarned, I have a pretty long list of things around the house that did NOT get done because of gardening and food storage. My six beds will be resting next year while we catch up.
What!?! Resting for a year? But hopefully the blog won't be resting? It covers more than just gardening, after all...
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Yes, I imagine we will get into something story worthy!
ReplyDeleteAnd there's always berries and apples.
Oh, good. Because I hate to see a grown woman cry (me). It's not delicate and pretty like in the movies.
ReplyDeleteI guess I could just avoid looking in mirrors...
Seriously, I along with many really enjoy the posts and canning/cooking/home-farm maintenance stories. It is always nice to have a good story-relater about (storyteller sounds like you are making things up ;-). =)
And please let us know if you do do a recipe/stories book available. I can be counted on for at least 4 or 5 book purchases.