What Season Is It?

This has been the strangest year for weather that I can remember and it seems like the weather won't make up its mind.  Is it summer? winter? spring? summer again? In any case, we are grateful to be able to put things in the ground and get yet another season started. The cold frames are proving to be successful and we are loving to see spinach, carrots, lettuce, and radishes coming up. The frames themselves are beautiful and I love being able to see the bright greens through the glass. Looking at them reminds of terrariums I used to make as a kid.

This weekend Terry and I planted lots and lots of carrots from seed in the garden. We are growing orange, yellow, and purple varieties this year. We didn't have much success with them last year (partly due to some pesky rabbits) and so hope for a better year. Terry has spent a lot more time this year tilling the soil deeply to get it as loose as possible, allowing the carrots to easily grow downward.

 

The garlic keeps on growing and we have transplanted lettuce and beets into the ground. Terry had to cover the small plants with fabric on the nights that the temperature dropped low to protect them from the cold. We also seeded arugula and our spring mix this weekend and will do plantings at 3 different times to stagger our harvests. We will continually plant these delicious greens until it gets too hot, and then wait until it cools down in the fall to plant again.