tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712291801064010036.post4472681999802313241..comments2023-11-19T19:10:02.041-05:00Comments on Back Yard Organic Vegetables: Old Man Winter Takes His Toll!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712291801064010036.post-88043881594395794462010-12-16T22:28:02.395-05:002010-12-16T22:28:02.395-05:00Wendy, Yes, it does! It looks awful!Wendy, Yes, it does! It looks awful!Veggie PAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250455377130668508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712291801064010036.post-81165985344426385042010-12-16T21:48:39.554-05:002010-12-16T21:48:39.554-05:00ugh - a killing frost makes everything look so hor...ugh - a killing frost makes everything look so horrendous, doesn't it?Wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04232693432045335251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712291801064010036.post-81659680714155080092010-12-10T11:46:33.296-05:002010-12-10T11:46:33.296-05:00JGH, Likewise, thanks for visiting! This is my fir...JGH, Likewise, thanks for visiting! This is my first year growing lettuce. I'm surprised that even now it looks great! It's more cold tolerant than I ever thought. Since our ground doesn't freeze, I always leave my chard in through the winter. It is very durable. Even if my ground froze, I would be inclined to leave it in there just to see what would happen in the spring. It may be that when it's muddy and thawing, the chard would be growing as soon as the ground began to thaw. Not sure of that, but it would be worth a try to find out. <br /><br />Beets. Oh! I wish my beets were 1" in diameter. They're still straight roots and they were planted on September 20th. And this in in commercial organic soil, not soil from the garden. Maybe they always take much longer than the package says. I even wrote to Crossman Seeds, but they haven't answered me. I guess they will be ready by spring. We'll see.<br /><br />Happy Holidays to you and yours!<br />Veggie PAKVeggie PAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250455377130668508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712291801064010036.post-54199900284962466492010-12-10T08:55:55.050-05:002010-12-10T08:55:55.050-05:00Thanks for visiting Nyack Backyard - nice to "...Thanks for visiting Nyack Backyard - nice to "meet" you and your blog! You have a very inspiring winter garden- lots still in and growing! and look at that lettuce! I think I will leave my chard in next year. My beets look like yours - curious what spring will bring for them. The roots are only about 1" now. <br />Happy Holidays!JGHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16710652130966518173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712291801064010036.post-74518513706527972372010-12-09T07:32:06.460-05:002010-12-09T07:32:06.460-05:00becky3086, The carrots are doing well when compare...becky3086, The carrots are doing well when compared to my previous experience with them in the ground. They were planted on 22 August, and their maturity date was supposed to be 31 October, but I let them grow until now because I figured they would grow slower in cooler weather. I'll pull them soon.<br />The beets in barrels were the second attempt to grow something in 1/2 barrels. Potatoes were the first. The caterpillars kept getting them, though. With the beets, you can throw the scheduled maturity date out the window. I don't know when they'll be ready. If nothing else, I can use the beet greens.<br /><br />Ruth@VS, my pumpkins were planted as seed on 13 September because I got the seeds late. That was probably too late to plant them and expect a crop, but I wanted to try. <br />I'll be planting my large pumpkin seed inside the house in soil blocks about 4 weeks before the last frost date in the spring.<br /><br />xoxoxo, I try to anticipate the possibility of disappointing outcomes from different crops. The way I see it, if a crop grows, that's good. If it fails, well, that's an opportunity to try another crop in it's place, so it's still good. I don't expect a "disappointment", but I try to plan for the "just in case" beforehand. Have something else in mind to stick in there.<br /><br />Robin, My winter crops do pretty good. It's strange how bad the plants like Swiss chard look in the morning. Laying down, limp, looking really sad. But, by afternoon, they have sprung back up! <br />I was told last year that when there are a lot of berries on ornamental bushes, we are to be expecting a hard winter. Last year, there were a lot of those berries, and we had one of the snowiest winters in decades. Unfortunately, there were a lot of berries this year too!<br /><br />Thanks to each of you for visiting and commenting! Special thanks to Robin for helping me get my comment section working!<br /><br />Veggie PAKVeggie PAKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13250455377130668508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712291801064010036.post-77088957881576162712010-12-08T19:22:19.366-05:002010-12-08T19:22:19.366-05:00Boy I think that everyone is getting hit with some...Boy I think that everyone is getting hit with some really cold weather! It looks like your garden faired well. It's so cold here...I don't even want to check on the veggies in the cold frames.Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12220238404223196571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712291801064010036.post-5131227021036218532010-12-08T12:41:46.092-05:002010-12-08T12:41:46.092-05:00I was so sad when my chard melted! You give me hop...I was so sad when my chard melted! You give me hope that soon my garden will not affect my emotions so!xoxoxohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15708973250486022637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3712291801064010036.post-30092608416477026282010-12-08T11:58:23.906-05:002010-12-08T11:58:23.906-05:00I really enjoyed looking at this post. I may have ...I really enjoyed looking at this post. I may have to try carrots and beets in containers next year.becky3086https://www.blogger.com/profile/01026872543168452124noreply@blogger.com