Anna Ashby, our master gardener, left off last week with a snow covered garden. Many folks have been concerned about the survival of the various plants. Rest assured, the plants are just fine. Plants that have lived through the winter thus far, have deep root systems and higher sugar concentrations in their cells to aid in protection against freeze damage. Plants just emerging, like the crocuses, are adapted to handle the caprices of late winter/early spring temperatures.
PURPLE SPROUTING BROCCOLI | The purple sprouting broccoli is slow, no doubt a consequence of cold temps. The gardeners harvest each week but are not overwhelmed yet.
LEEKS | We have leeks available for harvest.
HORSERADISH ROOTS | Hiding underground are horseradish roots. These need advance warning for harvesting them because the roots are tangled throughout, meaning the gardeners have to dig carefully to keep roots intact.
Inside the greenhouse it’s spring. The heat tables are full and will stay full for the next several weeks as we seed all the summer vegetables.
LETTUCE | Anna explains, “What we are harvesting from the greenhouse has not changed, but we have more because everything is growing faster.” They are harvesting lettuce regularly.
ARUGULA, RADISHES, & FRILLS MUSTARD | The gardeners are harvesting the succession plantings of arugula, radishes, and frills mustard.
OUR COLD WINTER | Pictured last is an example of our cold winter. The photo is the daffodils in the Garden last year-February 18th. This year the buds are still tightly furled, no yellow showing.
Come on out to the garden to see what else is growing!
The Allison
