Even without a hoophouse , we are able-bodied to harvest fresh vegetables through most of December directly from our raised beds . Napa Cabbage , moolah and other greens such as arugula and Swiss Chard are still being reap with plenty left . This surprises visitor since we have had a couple of weeks of very inhuman atmospheric condition , where temperature attain far below 32º F , and as scurvy as 22º F on Friday night . With slight protection , these late crop show no damage , away from some squirrel legal injury , since now the critter have discovered how crispy and honeyed this Napa Cabbage is . Sown in late August , the flora grew cursorily into diminished head of crispy Chinese Cabbage which we have been using in Chinese Winter Sesame salad ( with a binding made with mayo , drink sesame seeded player vegetable oil , rice wine-coloured acetum , siracha dispose and then served with cilantro , cucumber , calcium hydroxide and a scattering of brilliantly scarlet pomegranate seeds . ) .
Fancy Gallic lucre mixture are so crispy and freeze insubordinate when acquire outside , that I am amazed at how low they can go , where if grown in the spring or summer , they would pop off if exposed to freeze temperatures . These Lollo sort are choice in fancy markets , and hard to happen around here since the closest Whole Foods is an hour away . They are so curly that they count like curly parsley which is why they are popular in European markets and garden centers . This varieties make perfectly everlasting salad peculiarly when couple with our homemade fecundation which is made with garden fresh heirloom Russian reddish blue garlic , domicile made cider vinegar and our own honey .
In the glasshouse , it ’s still a mussiness , as plants from the fall where quickly drag in , and still not sorted out . It assume some fancy stepping to naviagate around the paths without fall apart ones neck . former Camellia and Cyrtanthus are in still providing most of the colour , and a few Nerine sarniensis are blooming . In a duad of weeks I will have two week off for the Holidays , which traditionally is my time to potter in the nursery , and get up thing . Until then , I do n’t even want to show moving picture to anyone for there are mintage gladiolus next to tropaeolum , and narcissus species next to nerine . Cyclamen species are scattered about everywhere , and monumental tubs of “ dress ” agapanthus look as out of plance as a shave hot dog in the springtime . They are waiting to be moved under the benches . Other plants I have left outside to freeze , include many agapanthus which are just too heavy to move this time .
Share this:
Related
