The hubs and I got the winter garden going this week. MO turned the soil in our raised beds and added new top soil. I did a little research on the best crops for the Bay Area this time of year and went shopping for starts and seeds. I came home from the nursery with more starts than I expected. Perhaps winter gardening is getting more popular now. I bought six-pack cells of two varieties of broccoli, celery, a red leaf lettuce, kale (similar to a dinosaur kale), and rainbow chard.
MO planted them all yesterday and today. It turned out after all that we really didn't have any room for our radish, carrot, and onion seeds. We can save those for later in the winter/spring. I can't wait to have some wonderfully crisp broccoli, fresh from the garden.
After finishing the planting, MO repaired our drip system that experienced a few breaks near the end of the summer. If you're keeping track, you'll notice that MO did the vast majority of the work. I probably left a couple of steps out, too. Thanks, honey! AJ and I will appreciate our lovely veggies when they are ready.
I used to read a great blog, http://subsistencepatternfoodgarden.blogspot.com/ who grows year-round. You might get some good ideas there.
ReplyDeleteThis response is late, but thanks for the recommendation, Steph!
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