HAPPY THANKSGIVING WEEK!
Traditionally, the holiday we’re about to celebrate has centered on family, friendship and harvests. And, of course, there’s the giving of thanks for the bounty and the fellowship.
HARVESTING FALL GREENS
We just came from the garden with a basket of fresh-picked organic salad greens. Chard, beet greens, perpetual spinach, mizuna, corn salad, arugula, two types of radicchio, dandelion, and parsley. All from our “backyard”. We recently put up an article and live-action video demonstrating the various leafy greens that are prolific this time of year (Zone 7A).
TENT CITY, BUT HEY...
How grateful we are to have the space, materials, weather, knowledge, and time to be harvesting such a bounty in late November. So yes... our backyard garden looks like "tent city", but grateful that our fall garden crops are growing well under row covers.
Last year, we were able to harvest broccoli, bok choy, and chard throughout the winter.HELPFUL ADDITION to the CATTLE PANEL GREENHOUSE:
Our coldest nighttime temps have hovered around 20 degrees (F) and we’ve managed to maintain the greenhouse temps above 50. The obverse comes during the daylight hours when the interior can heat up from the sun to well above 90.
Our goal is to manage the range of greenhouse temps to between 50 and 70 degrees. Thanks to a tip by GardensAll community member, Devon Henry, who keeps a greenhouse, we now have installed a wireless digital thermometer system. It’s already saved us many steps and time by allowing us to monitor temps from inside our home and occasionally, visit the greenhouse to make adjustments with the heating and ventilation. SPEAKING OF THANKS... That brings us back to gratitude. We are so grateful for you, our fellow gardeners, who follow our escapades and offer your own insights, send your wonderful garden “selfies”, and share the joy of collaborating with nature.
Or, you can get a free 30 Day PDF download here to test drive it if you like. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us. “May your gardens flourish and your harvests be bountiful, and when you look upon your little Eden, may you see that it is good.”
~Coleman Alderson, GardensAll.com
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