My prowess as a winter gardener is shamed this year. I planted our cold weather crops too late and had poor germination, then a little crusade of slugs marched forth and decapitated all the lettuce and most of the kale. So my cold frame is only half full of two-inch tall kale and arugula... Not the lush 3 x 5 salad pasture I had hoped for. Luckily the self-seeders know when to germinate all on their own, and scattered about the garden are deep green patches of arugula, sorrel, and our own very own leafy, wild, mixed-breed brassicas. I won't be able to protect them from the snow and freeze, but at least for the fall, we have salad.
The nasturtiums in the bowl are 'Peach Melba'.
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There's always next year!
I'm sorry about the slugs. It's always disappointing when the garden beasties get to enjoy the salad greens before you do. On the upside though, yay for volunteers! We seem to have an explosion of Mizuna at the moment. Maybe next time I let it set seed for harvesting, I should bag the seed heads before they explode!
Nasturtiums! Yes!!! The recent blizzard prematurely stole any remaining potential harvests for the season. Bleh.
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