Saturday, March 24, 2012
Rewarded by Laziness
Last year, I didn't cleanup the edible garden at all. I left the plants that were still growing in the ground, for no other reason than pure laziness. We lucked out with an extremely mild winter. When I went to the garden today, I noticed that many of the plants were still going strong. They overwintered perfectly fine. Today, I harvested some broccoli, a carrot, and 2 leeks! I am never going to cleanup my garden ever again if I can produce results like this! I never would have thought that I could harvest vegetables in March, especially in New York! A strange start to the growing season indeed!
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Looks wonderful! Lucky you.
ReplyDeleteThe first time this happened to me I was in shock and I am zone 6 Nova Scotia. Bet that carrot, those leeks and broccoli never tasted as good and you might be surprised, it may not have been the mild winter.
ReplyDeleteI recently harvested radishes that overwintered. I was surprised to see them surviving!
ReplyDeleteWe have had the same strange weather down south of you as well!
ReplyDeleteThey is a nice reward!
ReplyDeleteI already tilled and saw that I had a few leeks that I could have harvested..oh well. Ive just got to get my peas in this weekend...if it stops raining!
ReplyDeleteI have had a similar experience and have spring onions parsley and red onions that have come through the winter. I am looking forward to sautéing the parsley and spring onions to put on top of some baked potatoes.
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