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Monday, March 14, 2011

Tasty Leafy Greens

Well the weather is certainly starting to warm up a bit.  People might be starting to think about and plan their flower and veggie gardens.  Winter jobs like mulching, leaf gathering,  and bush trimming are still happening everywhere.  Lawns haven't started to produce much greenness yet. Meanwhile over here at the BroadBayCSA, food has already begun to be harvested and served at the table.  A head of lettuce a day to munch on, and micro salads of arugula and kale.  Not a valumptuous feast, but meager rations that are bridging the gap between fall storage crops like squash and potatoes, and the gush of spring bounty.  A visual tour of the recent plantings...

Tyler and I barely finished planting these collards today as the sun faded.

















Arugula and Bok Choy are loving it under the frost cloth...



Lettuce enjoying the protection from the two newly built cold frames (Found the windows on the side of the road as trash... neighbors re-did all of their windows and I harvested about 20 of them)


Also from the windows... My very own homemade greenhouse!! 

On the left, kale mingling with root crops and on on the right, kohlrabi chillen with baby spinach sprouts.


 Kale...                                                                              Beets, turips, carrots, and radishes...


It seems that I spoke too soon about the peas, for a couple of plants showed their baby heads today...


And looking very similar, and happy about the recent warmth is the seasons first mint...



Has anyone else planted any edibles yet???

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