Comments on A Growing Tradition: This Week's Harvest - From Fall to Winter

Thanks for the suggestion, Dan. Coincidentallu, I...

2009-12-01T07:06:46.474-05:00

Thanks for the suggestion, Dan. Coincidentallu, I have Dragon carrots circled in the catalog.

Those carrots look mighty good. Carrots were a bus...

2009-12-01T01:27:52.321-05:00

Those carrots look mighty good. Carrots were a bust for me this season for some reason, I think mainly just poor variety selection on my part. If you are looking for some interesting carrots for your youngster you should pick up some Dragon carrots from the SSE. I grew them last year and they grow one strikingly purple carrot that tastes great, good producer too. I will be trying them again next season.

It is a luscious-looking harvest you have there. I...

2009-11-30T16:36:23.289-05:00

It is a luscious-looking harvest you have there. I have not tried Chinese kale either, but it looks like I need to give it a try. I am stir-frying some pac choi tonight for dinner. There are so many wonderful Asian greens out there.

Slugs are the worst on lettuce and other greens! I spread Sluggo (iron phosphate) on my beds and it helps keep them in check.

What a lovely harvest! I've eaten (but not gro...

2009-11-30T11:47:39.868-05:00

What a lovely harvest! I've eaten (but not grown) Chinese broccoli, but I'm not sure I've tried Chinese kale before. I need to try growing more asian vegetables.

Thanks for taking the time on Thursday to drop by and leave a Thanksgiving greeting :) I hope you and Marc and Jonathan had a wonderful holiday!

I agree with the rest of the New Englanders that w...

2009-11-30T09:15:43.153-05:00

I agree with the rest of the New Englanders that we're transitioning finally into winter. The wind we got was incredible, I'm going to have to go back and look at your hoop houses because the wind blew everything around my yard last week. You are are really having great harvests.

NENR - Our wind was horrendous as well but I'm...

2009-11-30T09:12:27.511-05:00

NENR - Our wind was horrendous as well but I'm happy to say that the mini hoophouses withstood them just fine. I had hem completely closed of course.

Daphne - I agree. It'll be interesting to see what happens in the next few weeks.

GrafixMuse - luckily, I still haven't had to purchase lettuce...the last time I did was probably sometime in August. I feel pretty lucky to have greens still growing but it's a bit disconcerting to know that at any minute, it can all be taken away from you by mother nature.

This past weekend was the turning point for us her...

2009-11-30T07:57:42.630-05:00

This past weekend was the turning point for us here in Maine. I feel now we are in winter now. Today is supposed to be quite mild, but the temperatures are definitely going to be colder, more winter like over the course of the week. We were quite lucky to have the mild temperatures that we enjoyed.

Your harvest looks wonderful as usual. I really miss fresh greens from the garden. I had to purchase some this past week and they didn’t taste very good. I should say, they LACKED taste. I ended up throwing most into the compost bin.

We really are in the transition to winter right no...

2009-11-30T07:19:20.809-05:00

We really are in the transition to winter right now. Usually it happens earlier, but we have had such a beautiful fall. I'm sure we will start getting some good freezes this week. I'll have to work on getting the garden picked and cleaned up.

That was some horrendous wind we got...did the hoo...

2009-11-30T05:20:25.312-05:00

That was some horrendous wind we got...did the hoop houses withstand it okay? I agree...winter is here I think!! But your veggies look great...