Preparing for Winter in the Garden

I pulled everything out last week except for the kale. I've had such success with the Ragged Jack kale that I'm going to see what happens to it when it starts getting really cold (and snowy, if this winter turns out to be anything like last).  And there's also a few garlic cloves in there too. If I get to it before the ground freezes, I'll dump a bag of compost on everything. 

I got my first seed catalog of the season already.  Thanks Pinetree. 

Merry Christmas everyone!

Wrapping Up the Season

The garden is all tucked in for a long winter's nap. I turned the soil and added a bag of organic compost a couple of weeks ago. It's all under a blanket of straw for now. When I cleaned things out, I tried to preserve two sprouting garlics. We'll see what happens in the spring!

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Eggplants

I picked the last two eggplants today in the garden. I also grabbed a handful of escarole and beet greens for a salad and noticed that I have some lettuce and spinach sprouting. I'm hoping some of that matures before frost. There isn't any frost in the forecast this week but we will be getting temperatures in the forties at night. It's time to start thinking about cleaning out the plot, adding compost, and planting garlic bulbs for next year.