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Early last week I took advantage of above freezing temperatures to harvest salad greens from the cold frame. I got a bit wet in the process as there is snow all around the cold frame and I had to get close to reach in to where the greens were. However, it was worth it for the fresh salad we had for dinner that night.
Pictured here clockwise from 12 are 1.5 oz of tatsoi from under the snow, 1 oz of arugula, a few leaves of mache, a few leaves of claytonia, .5 oz of mizuna, 1 oz of swiss chard and .25 oz of beet greens (center). I also picked two kohlrabi, which together weighed 7 oz.
Together with the carrots from a previous week we had a nice salad from the garden in the middle of December. Since this harvest early last week, the temperatures have not ventured above freezing (even venturing into the below freezing range) so I'm not sure how things are doing. I'll be gone for the holidays but I'm hoping that I'll return to at least one harvest in the New Year!
You can find out what other gardeners are harvesting at Daphne's Dandelions.
This afternoon our first snow began. It was wet with big flakes.
I went out while it was still light to brush off the cold frame, though it was still snowing.
Here's what is still inside, looking a bit ragged. Please forgive the wet spot on the lens in the photos. Under the right window there is kohlrabi in the back, which has been mangled by the slugs. In the middle is sorrel and there is some arugula at the bottom.
In the middle section, there is winterbor kale at the back, arugula, tatsoi and beets in the middle, and chard and mizuna at the bottom.
Under the left window is more kale, carrots, italian dandelion, mache, and a bit of claytonia. Just outside the cold frame are two swiss chard plants. The snow on them will probably cause the end of them.
And here is my lacinato kale covered with snow.
I missed posting last week, though there wasn't much to mention beyond some swiss chard and some kale. We also used a good amount of our basil to make a batch of fresh pesto. We'd uprooted it and had it in a vase inside after the frost warnings. I didn't weigh it because my husband was making dinner. This week it was more kale, twice in fact.
We harvested 4 oz of winterbor kale and 1 oz of chicory/italian dandelion (from the cold frame) to mix in with mashed potatoes.
Later in the week I picked 5 oz of lacinato kale for mixing in a mexican vegetable soup. (no photo). Yesterday I picked one of the white vienna kohlrabi because it had two holes bored into it. Don't let the picture deceive you. It was only 4 oz and a bit smaller than a tennis ball. We've yet to slice into it.
You can see other gardeners' harvests at Daphne's Dandelions.
I also harvested chicory/italian dandelion and leek for a quiche.
Another 1 lb 9 oz of tomatoes ripened, along with a few hot peppers from the indoor pepper plants.
And I picked 2 pounds of brussels sprouts to accompany a dinner of smoked pork tenderloin and our own mashed potatoes.
Pictured here clockwise from 12 are 1.5 oz of tatsoi from under the snow, 1 oz of arugula, a few leaves of mache, a few leaves of claytonia, .5 oz of mizuna, 1 oz of swiss chard and .25 oz of beet greens (center). 
Together with the carrots from a previous week we had a nice salad from the garden in the middle of December. Since this harvest early last week, the temperatures have not ventured above freezing (even venturing into the below freezing range) so I'm not sure how things are doing. I'll be gone for the holidays but I'm hoping that I'll return to at least one harvest in the New Year!
This afternoon our first snow began. It was wet with big flakes.
Here's what is still inside, looking a bit ragged. Please forgive the wet spot on the lens in the photos. Under the right window there is kohlrabi in the back, which has been mangled by the slugs. In the middle is sorrel and there is some arugula at the bottom.
In the middle section, there is winterbor kale at the back, arugula, tatsoi and beets in the middle, and chard and mizuna at the bottom.
Under the left window is more kale, carrots, italian dandelion, mache, and a bit of claytonia. Just outside the cold frame are two swiss chard plants. The snow on them will probably cause the end of them.
And here is my lacinato kale covered with snow.
Later in the week I picked 5 oz of lacinato kale for mixing in a mexican vegetable soup. (no photo). Yesterday I picked one of the white vienna kohlrabi because it had two holes bored into it. Don't let the picture deceive you. It was only 4 oz and a bit smaller than a tennis ball. We've yet to slice into it.
You can see other gardeners' harvests at Daphne's Dandelions.
