This is always an interesting time of year in the garden. Coming out the back side of winter, the garden looks like death warmed over. But there are signs of life and even a few things to eat. Some of the greens we were harvesting last fall–collards, kale, mizuna, arugula–are springing back. Very soon they […]
Collard greens are an amazing thing. Despite blasts of arctic air, snow and freezing rain, the keep on ticking. Here you see what our look like this morning with the temperature around 34 degrees. Kale and certain types of mustard greens will do the same thing. If it gets really cold, they wilt and fall […]
After the hottest summer on record and the warmest November, it only makes sense that we should have an unusually early first snowfall here in the District of Columbia. To think, we were harvesting green tomatoes just a few weeks ago. We haven’t had much luck growing cabbage, but this single red cabbage seems to […]
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