Our vegetable garden under snow, but not dead. The asparagus, Jerusalem artichokes, strawberries, chives and Welsh onions are dormant and invisible. The green stalk in the foreground is perpetual spinach. Below are photos of the vegetables we planted in the autumn.
Raised bed with three types of garlic.
Red and green cabbage — growing slowly, putting down roots, ready to form heads in the spring.
Onions–a little taller and more bedraggled than the garlic
These broad beans, (also called fava beans) which are supposed to be winter hardy, are looking much worse for the snow.
Several types of kale (we have eaten several meals of kale from this bed)
A close ups of the different breeds of winter-hardy kale
Kale, completely unbothered by a cap of snow
These kale plants have just had their outer leaves harvest a few days ago
Mustard greens — so spicy that they can’t be eaten without milder vegetables to mitigate their bite!
There’s some pak choi too, and other goodies, surviving in our outdoor freezer!
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HI Joanna, 2011 was my first year of vegetable gardening, though I have gardened on and off since 1997. So, being a novice, I bought a Rocket Garden set of winter hardy vegetables–varieties of oriental greens, and pak choi, bok choi and mustard greens which can withstand snow. So far they have!!
I confess to coveting. 🙂 Seriously, though, isn't it great to see food still growing through all the snow and freezing conditions?