Gardening: (2016– )

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

10 minutes ago, FauxPas said:

 

Do you use hormone rooting powder or anything like that? 

 

I don't use any additions to the water (which is non-chlorinated well water) which is changed every 2 to 3 days.

 

 

 

[Senior Sea Kayaker]

The current state of the window herb garden (the jalapeno, habanero and Carolina reaper pepper plants have been harvested and the plants into the composter).

In no particular order: Thai basil, basil, rosemary, green onions, chives, garlic chives, cilantro, dill and flat and curly leaf parsley. Some things recently reseeded.

This is a great location, at least when the sky isn't clouded over, with southern exposure.

I've also put up a white backdrop to increase light exposure.

 

[chromedome]

The snow melted from my garden today, under the warmth, rain and wind. Can confirm that I still have broccoli and two kinds of kale doing their thing, and I will take advantage of the thaw to re-cover them a little more securely (a couple of the coverings blew off or collapsed under the snow load).

 

[chromedome]

I took the opportunity yesterday, while temps were above freezing, to harvest a decently large bowl of kale and what will probably be the last of the broccoli florets. We'll see how things go.

[chromedome]

Like last year, I harvested some greens from my garden for yesterday's Christmas meal. 

 

This is my late-planted lacinato kale, under its protective cover. The snow of course is great insulation, but poor for photosynthesis!

 

Here's what's going on "under the hood," so to speak:

 

The smaller hoops and mesh covering had protected them from cabbage worms back in the autumn. I have a pic of the larger bed of curly kale too, but the forum insists on turning it upside down when I upload it. I saved a flipped version of the photo, thinking that would do it, but nope... still shows as upside down once I upload it. Go figure.

 

...and this is my harvest. It's rather small, but that's not the point. The point is being able to say I'd harvested fresh greens from my garden for Christmas dinner!

 

It also shows you how hard it was snowing yesterday, because that's how much fell into the bowl during the few minutes I was cutting greens.