Goodbye winter garden, you will be missed...

  So the winter garden is on its way out. despite the strange Winter weather with way too many days of frost, it was a success. I planted  broccoli, cabbage, mustard greens, cauliflower , arugula and spinach from nursery plants . Then bokchoy and romaine from seeds. I do believe the bokchoy and romaine did the best. 

   Planting them closer to the garage seemed to help due to the structure giving off some heat. They were also somewhat protected from the cold winds. It is amazing how each of these plants can freeze solid and still survive. 

   These plants will definitely be a part of this years winter garden. I did plant them way too close this year . Next year they will have more space as they should have produced more and got the gray goobers on the leaves. My broccoli started to bolt this week . Too many hot days in a row. I cut all the flowering parts off but I'm sure it's over. I just don't want to accept it. 

  learned one important thing this year, or shall I say proved my sister right. She has always said to pick the leaves and more will grow back. Well , growing tired of dragging garden dirt into my kitchen, I decided to cut the romaine at the base and left a one inch stub in the ground. That was a little more than a week ago. Now a whole new head of lettuce has grown up through the middle. You can see the small stubs still at the base of the plant. I guess my nutty sister was right !!!