1st harvest of 2016...

parsnips are wonderful but at the same time a little overpowering, really never had an luck growing them. thought about growing white beets this year but just going to stick with the red and golden ones..

the red ones are entertaining in the morning...

another delicious harvest for january......
for tonight's dinner...... bok chio and beef with a big pot of rice....

I can nearly match that, Major'!

However, with so many hours in the single digitS', lately, the veggies in the greenhouse are double covered.

We don't have sunshine today. It must have been plenty nice in there for about three days and I could've harvested something. I hope my experiment with lettuce is going okay and they aren't fried. Mr Bean is long gone ..

Steve

Major, have you ever planted carrots to overwinter? Of course your answer won't translate to my garden, but I'm very curious about a fall planting with a spring harvest.

thistlebloom said:

Major, have you ever planted carrots to overwinter? Of course your answer won't translate to my garden, but I'm very curious about a fall planting with a spring harvest.

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http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/winter-carrots.aspx

thistlebloom said:

Major, have you ever planted carrots to overwinter? Of course your answer won't translate to my garden, but I'm very curious about a fall planting with a spring harvest.

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since last year was my first time attempting to grow through the winter was pleasantly surprised how the carrots,beets and lettuce that was planted in the fall, grew and managed last years yankee vortex under plastic even with a couple nights where it dropped to 0* at night.< everything looked pretty sad by late
february, except for the carrots>.

fall of 2014 all i planted was colored and main season carrots, last fall planted the last of my colored and romance carrots in the bigger bed and planted a storage carrot called "bolero" in a smaller bed, which is a test to see how well they do this winter for a spring harvest...

for here <zone 7> using a low tunnel where you can remove the plastic on nice days and covered back up at night seems to be working out very nicely. would think that anyone who lives further north could do the same, but in a hoop house or greenhouse and growing them in a bit more sander soil mixture where the temps stay colder that would have permafrost out in their garden....

back in fall 2014 i did plant a bit late 3rd week of september and we had a cooler fall, so the carrot tops really never did not amount to anything, but the carrots themselves did quite well.
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yes anyone can grow carrots or beets in the winter as long as you get them in and grow long before your first day of frost.

does that make sense ?

Beekissed said:

http://www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/winter-carrots.aspx

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thats funny, that's exactly what i just posted......

Major, I love this pic!!! This would be a perfect pic for the POW right now...perfect for a winter pic on a gardening forum.

Beekissed said:

Major, I love this pic!!! This would be a perfect pic for the POW right now...perfect for a winter pic on a gardening forum.

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It's been up already.

Goes to show you how good my memory is...and I probably loved the pic THEN too. It's quite the charming scene. Makes me hungry. Think I'll go fix me a salad....