yum! looks scrumptious! i'm jealous- i wasn't organized enough this yr to get much out before this past month, so, no, not this yr. but i have in yrs past. now i have a bunch of winter sown stuff sprouting, some under remay, some on its own. tammy

Not much going on, I do have Garlic wintering over, some Snow peas, Spinach, Radishes and Arugula but I cover-cropped the main beds with Hairy Vetch, Daikon Radish and Austrian Winter peas to help the soil along. {{gwi:559193}}

I made a bed in the hoophouse to grow lettuce and onions for the winter {{gwi:559194}}

I did start to make a new tater bed though {{gwi:559195}}

Next winter I hope to have all the beds full outside.

We have been eating almost daily leaf lettuce (Red Sails and several other varieties from Park Seeds' Master Chef Blend), cilantro, several varieties of spinach, a Mesclun mixture of greens and carrots. For cooking, I planted a seed mix of mustard, turnip, kale, arrugula and several others that I got in the hardware store while on vacation in New Bern back in September. The proprietor said that the previous owner had been mixing this formula for years and he had so many requests that he continued it when he took over. I have been using floating row cover fabric when the weather is in the low 30's and covering this with plastic when it is going to be below freezing like tonight. I recently bought a copy of Elliot Coleman's book and am already planning a hoop house and to expand my winter gardening to include many other greens and root crops, especially Chinese varieties.

I picked enough broccoli and turnip greens for supper the other day! Hubby dearly loves turnip greens. I'll do better next year. Last year was my first year doing veggies and I did pretty darn good.

Nancy

solaknc & termater:
Beautiful pics! Gorgeous veggies! And what nice, FLAT land you have for your raised beds. I'm coveting. . .

The Italian parsley is very tasty right now!
Dill is growing in the cold frame (sprouted in the real garden with all the warm weather we had) and some of
Ralph's lettuce from the last swap - Red Sails - is very happy growing in a pot on my deck.
I have lots of rosemary in my recipes all year since I have 50 or so bushes.
My puny broccoli may be laughable but it is sweet.
I've planted peas and onions on Feb 1 but those will defy the snow we're supposed to get tonight.

February is the cruelest month for gardeners, but with a nice hot fire, a cozy afghan, two borrowed cats next to me, a pile of seed and bulb catalogs, and a latte, life can be good.

Nancy the nancedar

I have been doing lots of transplanting since January. I love when I get to do extra during the winter - it makes spring so much more relaxing, with more time to plant out my seedlings.

solaknc and termater, your pictures are amazing! All look like something out of a glossy how-to book for gardeners that looks too good to be true....bravo!

claire in sanford

I pretty much restrict winter gardening to the cold frames which this year only have an assortment of lettuce and radishes. But the frames are large and can grow a lot of salad.

I dream of being organized enough to pull off one of those perfect winter gardens, the ones where you go outside in the snow and dig down and harvest parsnips or leeks or cabbage - - so far this has never actually happened.

I tend to use the down time of winter to work and rework the garden's soil so that it is perfectly blended come spring planting time.

Solaknc and Termater, Great Pics!

I have some peas growing. We enjoyed just snacking on them last spring while we were outside roaming around. So, had to do it again this year. I sowed some winter greens and leaf lettuces a few weeks ago in a small raised bed which we turned into a mini hoophouse with plastic pipe. They're up and going. Have no luck with Broc/Cauli, quit trying. I have some of Ralph's Red Sails too. It's hanging in there.

I also have peas started. Last year was my first with peas and hubby at them right off the vine. Couldn't get enough to make more than one dish with. This year I am planting LOADS of them so that maybe some will actually make it into the house.

Also growing garlic, still have garlic chives that I cut from and I finally just let the spinach go. We get a few leaves for sandwiches now and then but I don't really like the variety. I'll have to try a different one this year.

I planted my daylily seeds, that had been refrigerated, in my raised seedling garden, the first of January. They are up 1/4 -1 inch now! Spring is coming!