Can't believe we've picked a 0 mile salad from our garden on New Year's Eve! The weather is so warm outside that things are still growing from last season (parsley, chard, kale, chives) and/or starting to grow again (arugula, lettuce). The frost usually kills off the former by now and the latter doesn't usually become visible until at least March. What's with this unusually warm winter? We don't mind so much considering we are still benefiting from our garden goodies - all the same I worry about short growing season in 2012, from a dry and hot summer. Only Mother Nature knows.
Our New Year's Eve salad: kale, chard, lettuce, arugula, wasabi, parsley, carrots, leeks, celery, calendula flowers.
The warm winter weather came to an end :( Now for an unexpected cold snap, a landscape of snow and minus 25 wind chill. No more garden!
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