January 27, 2011
The winter weather started in the fall. The first icey snow started mid December followed by a blizzard soon thereafter. We have been waiting for big agribon and big plastic for our wonderful hip high hoops since I swear Sept. but hattie says its only been 6 weeks plus holiday, so any day now, It may come... maybe. So a lot of potential harvest succumbed to the unrelenting cold, once it hit freezing, 'lawds child', it never left the 40s. This is apparently the 'new' weather of the eastern shore. I saw it referred to as the challenging climate.
We were able to plant the hoophouse in time ( sometime in Sept/Oct) and harvest while waiting for the temps to rise and the plastic to show.... well, we turned that soil last week (?) and replanted it with spinach, mizuna, radish and turnips.
The carrots from (planted early Oct see above foto) are happily greening, and hattie has the personal battle of the vole, for which she has enlisted the neighbor orange kitty to assist.
The arugula & radishes grow slowly along the sides, they like us are waiting for the longer days of the new equinox. We are all growling out of the persephone phase.
The good news is that we are discovering the hardiness of some & the wimps of the rest. Surprised by bok choi & lettuce.... See we harvested the last of the bok choi & tatsoi today for this weekends delivery. And tomorrow we will scavenge for turnips. I think we will find treasure.
Also of note, we covered the red russian kale ( a little wimpy) with some scavenged plastic from the ( hardier) curly kale & collards. and recovered the arugula with plastic after a much needed drinkie-poo during the last wintry mix. Oh & we also reviewed most of the seed order and Hattie is ready to make the order. After we shave down the tomatoes in the morning. (wink wink nudge nudge say no more say no more)
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