Happy Monday everyone!
This week I’ll be posting two weeks worth of harvests since I didn’t make it into this space last week. Even still, trust me, there’s not a lot to post about 😉 Just a few greens, some spinach and a few carrots (yep, again) to report this week. Everything is still slow to come, but the hoop houses are beginning to look more and more promising as the days get longer and the temperatures continue to be unseasonably warm.
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| The spinach is sizing up wonderfully! |
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| The beet greens are quite beautiful, though the beets themselves are still quite small. |
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| The kale is starting to spread out nicely 🙂 |
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| The carrots are still quite short, but they sure look healthy! They also taste amazing! |
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| Something funny is definitely up with my carrots… at least the orange ones…this is the second time in a row that they’ve had multiple…um…legs. Weird. Anyone have any ideas? |
This weeks totals:
- Mixed Greens = 2 ounces
- Spinach = 1 ounce
- Carrots = 2 ounces
- Eggs = 14 last week + 18 this week
Happy harvesting!
Linking up to Harvest Monday @ Daphne’s Dandelions
& Macro Monday on Lisa’s Chaos
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Oh your spinach looks sooo good (so do your other plants) and healthy. I too have ended up with forked carrots so sounds like i need to dig over the soil more and remove those stubborn little stones.
Happy Gardening!
I had the same problem with my carrots last season and then again with my beets this season that were planted in the same raised bed. I did some research and I think my problem may be nematodes. I relocated my carrots to a new bed and no longer have the problem.
Oy…I hope that’s not our problem! As soon as I start pulling the winter crops I’ll get in there and figure it out! Thanks for sharing your experience! Glad your carrots are better now 🙂
All of your winter harvest greens and root crops look great. The glossy beet greens indicate really healthy new growth is going on. My beet roots are similar small in size at the moment, but I am hopeful they will do a last sizing up before I have to pull them out to make way for the spring planted crops.
I’m right there with you! It’s such a hard balance between the winter veggies and the spring veggies! I spaced out my rows a bit and did some succession planting in the fall, so I’m hoping I will be able to pull things slowly and make space for new veggies. We’ll see if my plan works out in reality like I hoped!
Forked carrots are usually caused by lumps or stones in the soil. I sift the top 12 inches of my beds before I plant root crops and get a huge about of rocks out of them. I try to do just one bed a year so it’s not too much work. Since I sift all the compost before it goes on then I don’t have any more.
What a good idea, Mary! I might have to play with that! Thank you!
Your beets are looking beautiful. And I am jealous of your carrots – I can never get them them past the very small seedling stage without getting eaten.
Thanks Liz! I’ve been drooling over your posts all winter, so I’ll take just a bit of your jealousy 😉 What eats your carrot seedlings???
every time i read your harvest posts i get excited that this year ill be harvesting again too, i cant wait 🙂 so far only sprouts from the kitchen sprouter… But i must say im proud of myself for holding out, one of my 101’s is not to buy any lettuce in 2012, just grow all our own but i underestimated how long it would take to get lettuce started in jan and feb… so we’ve had none for 2 months! but i haven’t caved in, and when we do have lettuce it’ll be in abundance and ill love every leaf!
Congratulations on sticking to your goal! You’re right…every leaf will be that much sweeter due to your patience and resolve! Remember to succession plant so that once your get those leaves coming in, they’ll keep coming in!
Your early winter veggies seem to be in better shape than ours. You’re doing things right especially for your zone!
Thanks Jody! Learning as we go! And there’s still so much to learn!!! Crazy!
Looks like a wonderful harvest!
Happy MM
That’s a lot you have growing in your garden and they all look lovely and healthy. Preeeety soon I will be able to get digging and planting too.
Very, very soon, Norma! 🙂
I love the fruits of the garden. Greetings.
Yes, my guess is that your soil is either rocky, compacted or clay. Carrots love a sandy soil – easy to push through without obstacles. Lovely looking spinach – I never seem to be able to grow it successfully.
Hmmm…maybe the soil is compacted! Thanks for thinking of that! I’ll have to dig around in there before I plant again and see what’s really going on!
oh how wonderful to have so much growing! The ice is thawing here, just bits of green waking up. thanks for visiting my blog:-)
Carrots for you, cabbage for me, at least we have something fresh to harvest! Your carrots and “coming attractions” look great.
If only we could trade just a bit of each, we’d be in perfect shape! 😉
Wow can’t beat fresh homegrown veggies. Love it!
I always find extra legs when there is also extra ferns – look at the top and see. Sometimes its kind of like having a siameese twin – maybe 2 seeds together. Anyway it does no harm. It all eats the same! 😉
Ha! That’s brilliant! Thanks for reminding me to look at the ferns as a clue to what’s happening beneath the soil! And, yes, they all eat the same! Delicious little spots of spring 🙂
Looking great! Any harvest this time of year is worth bragging about! The carrots usually grow extra “legs” because they met some kind of obstacle while they were growing, like a rock or root. They can also branch off like that if the soil is really heavy clay.
Thanks for the tip! I’ll have to get into my beds and see what’s happening! They’re raised beds with good soil in them, so maybe it’s a root or something!? Stinkin!
I do love my veggies… I don’t have time to grow my own unfortunately
Mollyxxx
Wish I still had some nice fresh carrots no matter how many legs they have.