VEG: A bit behind in our reporting

written by Yvonne

We are a bit behind in our garden/bee reporting, but we should be able to keep up from here forward. Had a few busy weekends which kept us out of the garden but Tom has also been working on a big garden project over several weekends which is now complete (full coverage of that in the next post).

As you can see by the date stamp on the photos, these were taken a while ago. This was the very last batch of bell peppers.

We put them on baking sheets and roasted them in the oven. Someone asked what we do with them all. This batch we canned so we'd have them through the winter.

Cabbage that we started in newspaper pots seem to have taken hold.

And the Swiss Chard has taken hold too.

The collards are really taking off now. I see sauteed collards on the menu for this coming weekend.

Lettuce is ready to start munching on. I made three huge salads last weekend and harvested a bunch to give to a friend. After all that, it didn't look like I even made a dent in what's growing.

Arugula still small but growing.

We now get our seeds from Sow True Seeds out of Asheville. All the seeds are heirloom so maybe in a year or so we will attempt to saving seeds from what grows to replant from year to year. Here Tom has parsley, onions, turnips and squash seeds in water to help the sprouting process.

After 24 hours of soaking, Tom planted them in newspaper pots and parked them in the greenhouse.  At the moment the turnips and onions have sprouted, but nothing on the squash and parsley.