It is the end of November and I am amazed at how much greenery we still have in the garden.
The swiss chard is crisp. I like to use it in soups and stir frys.
The plants are glossy and the stalks are almost like celery. This was one of my first edible plants in the spring and has proved to be one of the last. I will surely grow swiss chard every year.
The kale leaves are like green lace:
The parsley is vibrant and hardy. It is doing really well in the herb spiral I built this past spring.
The mint has exploded to the point of invasive. I’ll have to make a bunch of mojitos!
We save all of our cardboard and use it as sheet mulch in the garden:
Luke lined the paths of the mandala garden with cardboard:
And finally, the garlic we planted about 6 weeks ago has sprouted:
Does anyone know how to protect these scapes over the winter so I’ll have garlic next year?
I think just mulch the garlic and you should be set. I put a bunch of straw on mine. No idea if it’s trying to sprout or not under there. Hmm… maybe I should check…
Great fall pictures!
We planted our garlic mid October and the weather has been super mild (only one hard frost) here in Ohio so some of it is almost a foot high. In the past I have use straw mulch and everything worked out great, but this year we are trying something different. We are using ag-fabric as “mulch”. I’m pretty nervous about the garlic that is super tall. We will try to post some pictures soon.
http://baybranchfarm.com/2009/10/26/garlic-2-weeks-after-planting/
Great blog. Thanks!
Eric