Last fall, we decided to let our two raised beds/hoop houses in the front yard rest for the season. We had planted them out continuously for two straight years and decided it might be best to give them the winter to just be.
Instead, we planted out one of the newer raised beds in the back yard with greens, carrots and beets and covered it all in plastic in an attempt to over winter some veggies.
It was a horrible failure. Truth be told, we should have known it wouldn’t get enough sun throughout the winter, but we crossed our fingers and did it anyway. Everything froze solid pretty quickly, despite the plastic and an extra layer of freeze cloth.
The end result was a big fat nothing. As of this writing, there is one tiny kale sprout doing it’s best to get its roots under it, but everything else completely died back.
Long story, short…we’ve harvested a whole lot of nothing besides eggs for what feels like forever now. Don’t get me wrong, I love our eggs just as I love our chickens, but I am beyond ready for some delicious, homegrown veggies.
- Eggs = 308
HI Melissa, great to find your blog. Love the country life you lead! I would lvoe some chickens but not enough room so i’ll have to stick with starting a veggie patch 😉 i hope you start getting a good harvest from yours soon. bec
Aww, your girls are so cute. 🙂
What a shame your over wintering efforrts didn’t pay off. Better luck with your spring plantings!
Thanks, Michelle! We have learned our lesson! Only front yard over-wintering from now on 🙂
Those chicks are amazingly cute. Once, years ago, I had an ex whose mother believed in a theory that nature makes babies look adorable as a defense mechanism so other things wont readily eat them. 😉
Oh yes, I have heard of such theories! I do believe there is some truth to them!
Wow! Speckled shell! 🙂
Yes! The green speckled shells are my absolute favorite!