It ain't over til it's over!

Yep…still growing and still picking.

We picked fresh picked green salad on Christmas morning, Christmas evening, New Years Day and while watching the winter classic Rangers vs. Flyers. The cold frames we planted in November have really been producing.

We have been helped by a relatively mild winter so far. The first real arctic blast is settling in now.

In addition to the lettuces and mesclun greens we were able to pick half a dozen red onions and a dozen carrots from the raised bed cold frames and make a super chicken soup using our own New Farm raised Cornish Game Hens from the freezer. The roast chicken – chicken salad – chicken soup trifecta is incredible and the recipes and variations are down pat. That adds up to a few dinners and a week’s worth of lunches.

One of the biggest challenges is keeping the beds watered so the plants do not desiccate. It involves some hauling since we turned off the water to the garden back in November to prevent freezing. When we open the bed covers we also have to shoo away the chickens who want to dive in for some fresh greens. They will get theirs; they’ll just have to wait for leftovers.

So as the seed catalogs come pouring in we still have our hands in the dirt and we are and milking the season as long as possible. In the words of a great Yankee philosopher ...

“It ain't over til it’s over”.

Thanks Yogi!