Holy cow, how is it December already? This fall literally flew by, and now we seem to be square into winter, even though it’s not even technically winter yet. Surprisingly, we are still eating fresh tomatoes from our garden! Yes, our plants were ripped out and sent to compost several weeks ago, but we brought in all of the green tomatoes and they have slowly been turning red. Not quite as tasty as vine ripened, but so much better than store bought. There’s not much left in our garden these days, save but a few very slowly growing brussels sprouts (c’mon, babies!).
The artichoke plants are also hanging on, they are in pots that are buried in the raised beds. Not quite sure what they’re going to do, but I’m hoping we’ll get some chokes out of them this spring.
We got some snow over the Thanksgiving holiday, which is always a fun treat as we don’t get it that often. It was Cosmo the Kitten’s first snow!
He was curious as always, and not afraid at all. He actually kind of loved it and was so cute to watch! I likened him to a snow leopard (ha!), but on a much smaller scale, of course.
The plants that were exposed got covered in snow, but not anything they couldn’t handle. The rosemary took it in stride.
And the broccoli seemed to do just fine with the freezing temps. We harvested and ate it a few days later and it was so good! Frost brings out the flavor of many winter hardy vegetables.
The beauty of the winter garden, however, was the rose. Our roses have amazed me with their hardiness, and this snow covered red rose is no exception.
Back in the kitchen, I’ve been cooking and fermenting up a storm. I have a fermented green tomato salsa in the works as we speak. More on that soon enough.
And the jun kombucha has grown the thickest SCOBY I’ve ever seen! I let it go a little too long and it’s a bit vinegary tasting, but still usable.
That’s about it for the past few weeks, snow and a winter garden. Can’t complain!
Beyond all of that I’ve been super busy with getting Coco’s Herbals up and running, my new Etsy site for herbal salves and lip balms! If you haven’t gotten a chance to check it out, now’s the time.
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Hope you all have had a lovely week as well, see you on the flipside!
My brussels look exactly the same. First time growing them – I do hope they plumpen up a bit!