A quick glimpse at one of the only keepers in the February garden. Leeks planted last Spring are still holding strong.
I put them in between tomato plants and rows of carrots. The tomatoes got so large that they blocked out the sun to the tiny leeks and they never did grow. The leeks looked the same as the day I put them in the ground when I went to pull out the tomatoes in the Fall. I've let them keep going over the winter and I think we'll have some Spring leeks in the end.
On a sad note, we've finally eaten through our carrot supply and I've gone back to buying carrots at the store.
A small victory on Sunday morning, however, when we wanted to make a nice breakfast but didn't have anything more than eggs and potatoes in the house Mike went out and snipped a small bushel of red chard that has survived our cold temps this winter better than its yellow chard neighbor and we had a delicious breakfast with a serving of veggies. It gives me hope for a good garden this year.
I put them in between tomato plants and rows of carrots. The tomatoes got so large that they blocked out the sun to the tiny leeks and they never did grow. The leeks looked the same as the day I put them in the ground when I went to pull out the tomatoes in the Fall. I've let them keep going over the winter and I think we'll have some Spring leeks in the end.
On a sad note, we've finally eaten through our carrot supply and I've gone back to buying carrots at the store.
A small victory on Sunday morning, however, when we wanted to make a nice breakfast but didn't have anything more than eggs and potatoes in the house Mike went out and snipped a small bushel of red chard that has survived our cold temps this winter better than its yellow chard neighbor and we had a delicious breakfast with a serving of veggies. It gives me hope for a good garden this year.
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