RainbowGardener's 2020 garden!
Posted: Tue Dec 31, 2019 1:37 am
I didn't keep up my 2019 thread. So I thought instead of adding this there, I would start the new thread. The plants that are started now are for 2020.
So Christmas Day temperature was mid 60's and I was out weeding in my garden:
garlic and broccoli, off the picture to the right is some baby onion sprouts
cabbage and parsley, with chickweed
lettuce and chickweed
It stayed hot and dry here well in to October and then we went to California. So I didn't get seeds planted for "fall" crop until late Oct. Then soon after the seeds had sprouted, we got some hard freezes. I was sure they were killed, so I just gave up on it and paid no attention. A week or so ago, I was walking the garden and discovered these. They were about over taken with weeds, so I weeded around them. The pictures are from then. Since then we have had sun and rain and mild temps and they have grown a lot.
Chickweed is the commonest weed on our property in cool weather. It is great because the chickens love it. It is good for them, but also for us -- very nutritious, lots of medicinal values, good in salads. So all my salads now have handfuls of chickweed thrown in.
Soon as holidays are over I will plant lots more seed, indoors and out!
So Christmas Day temperature was mid 60's and I was out weeding in my garden:
garlic and broccoli, off the picture to the right is some baby onion sprouts
cabbage and parsley, with chickweed
lettuce and chickweed
It stayed hot and dry here well in to October and then we went to California. So I didn't get seeds planted for "fall" crop until late Oct. Then soon after the seeds had sprouted, we got some hard freezes. I was sure they were killed, so I just gave up on it and paid no attention. A week or so ago, I was walking the garden and discovered these. They were about over taken with weeds, so I weeded around them. The pictures are from then. Since then we have had sun and rain and mild temps and they have grown a lot.
Chickweed is the commonest weed on our property in cool weather. It is great because the chickens love it. It is good for them, but also for us -- very nutritious, lots of medicinal values, good in salads. So all my salads now have handfuls of chickweed thrown in.
Soon as holidays are over I will plant lots more seed, indoors and out!