December gardening may not be a thing in northern and cold-winter climates, but we’re moving full steam ahead here in Southern California. The brassicas are going strong (so much so, the rats have discovered them) and everything grows with ease, it seems. Here’s some Wordless Wednesday inspiration for your next season, whether that’s now or next spring.
Green onions sprout in close quarters. This will be our perennial green onion patch for the next 4 months. We only harvest the greens and leave the white parts and roots in the ground to reproduce. Works great, and it’s Low FODMAP!Our first radish harvest of fall. Left to right, French Breakfast, Cherry Belle, Helios, Purple Plum, and Pink BeautyOur kale bed is comprised of 14 different varieties, including dinosaur types, curly, Siberian varieties, and more.Lettuces and mustard greens are up and running in the salad garden, featuring Osaka, Tatsoi, Mizuna, and Tennis Ball lettuce (from Monticello. See other crops in Thomas Jefferson’s garden here).The pea massacre. Rats nibbled them down despite our rat traps. We shall live to plant again. Purple kohlrabi has been sampled by local vermin. We’re hoping the traps will keep them away but luck is not on our side. Noble, Verdil, and Bloomsdale spinach sprouts in the Test GardenCloches cover our parsnips seedlings as they send up true leaves. A batch of beans fresh from the pressure canner. Chickpeas, baby limas, and black beans. We’re prepping to make meals easier in case someone in the household gets Covid. A cover crop of Green Arrow shelling peas pops up in a raised bed
This Wordless Wednesday is brought to you with the spirit of giving in mind. It’s perfectly acceptable to give home-grown produce as a gift this holiday season. Gifts from the garden are always in good taste.
Thank you. Good humor regarding rats. So sympathize. I never could enjoy any of my potted crops on a balcony in Marina Del Rey due to a very healthy vegan rat.
Now I don’t feel so much like the rats are singling me out.
Thanks for the awesome photos, Christy!
Hope you have a great 2021!
Hi Valerie! No, you’re not alone. Indeed we’re all in this together! Here’s to a great 2021!
Thank you. Good humor regarding rats. So sympathize. I never could enjoy any of my potted crops on a balcony in Marina Del Rey due to a very healthy vegan rat.
Sorry to hear. They really jumped up reproduction during the pandemic. Fewer people around to scare them off.