Today's harvest: sweet kale kissed by winter frosts and cold rain, and even sweeter carrots over-wintered in their cozy raised bed!The long skinny carrots are Imperators, which demand a deep bed - the raised beds are really ideal for this old-time favorite. The shorter chunky carrots are one of three Nantes varieties in another part of the raised bed. Nantes are more triangular and easier to pull, even when the soil is soaking wet from a hail/snow/sleet burst.
My morning chores today included emptying the compost pail onto the pallet-fenced compost bin, which is right next to the carrots and kale beds. That was intentionally planned, by the way. The compost bins and two raised beds are on the garden edge. No slogging through ankle-deep mud to reach those treasures during the winter! A layer of free sawdust on the borders and paths between beds keeps footing solid and relatively clean.
Our garden area always holds a LOT of water during the winter and spring due to an underground run-off from the hillside above us. The raised beds are helping to solve that challenge. Makes weeding minimal, and harvesting a joy, all year!
Now we have steamed FRESH carrots and a kale/onion/garlic/white bean saute' on the lunch menu - yum! Love our winter veggies!
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