This past weekend, I decided to brave the frigid temperatures and do a bit of harvesting. It feels nice to be able to participate in Harvest Monday again. I picked this spinach from two different beds in my garden. About half came from one of my plastic covered quick hoops. I'm amazed by how well my spinach has fared this winter. It has definitely become a reliable veggie for this time of year. Note to self...next year, grow more winter spinach!!!
The carrot harvest is finally starting to wind down. As you can see, I'm putting up mostly (weak) baby-sized carrots right now though there are a few good-sized ones left. More importantly, they are still tasting great. Hopefully in a few weeks, my carrot beds will be cleared out and replaced by some early spring veggies.
I ended up harvesting about 0.75 lbs of spinach and 0.91 lbs of baby carrots for a total of 1.66 lbs this week. Hopefully, these numbers will slowly creep up as this year progresses. If you'd like to see what others are harvesting or show off your own, visit Harvest Monday at Daphne's Dandelions.
Nice harvest, I will be growing more spinach and carrots next winter as well.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful harvest!
ReplyDeleteSpinach looks great - cold weather did not harm it at all.
Very nice harvest for this time of the year. I would so love some more fresh greens. Yum.
ReplyDeleteWell, you've certainly conquered year round growing, Thomas. Wonderful harvest !
ReplyDeleteI am totally jealous of the nice spinach harvest. My overwintered spinach had several set backs and basically has had a failure to launch. I am left waiting to seed the early spring spinach crop and waiting for the mache to mature enough to start harvesting (soon!).
ReplyDeleteGood work Thomas.
The spinach looks fantastic! How did you all fare with this past weekend's "Snowmageddon"? Did it miss you guys?
ReplyDeleteThat spinach looks good enough to eat!
ReplyDeleteI sent Himself out to forage on Sunday as I'm still recuperating from flu- the haul was 4 large parsnips and some leeks. The purple sprouting broccoli has sprouted, but isn't yet purple - I think the big freeze has slowed it up, but hopefully not killed it off!
Great looking spinach! And the carrots aren't shabby either. It is amazing what you can grow in the winter.
ReplyDeleteNow that is a nice harvest. It makes me think of what it'll be like around here in about 2-3 months. Makes it feel a bit warmer here.
ReplyDeleteWow! The spinach looks delicious. I love the little leaves. What kind is it?
ReplyDeleteThe baby carrots look great too!
Your spinach looks very healthy. Mine really did not do so well this winter. I think the combination of fridge temps and poor snow cover really dehydrated them. Nice to see you are still picking carrots.
ReplyDeleteWonderful spinach harvest. I bet it tastes delicious!
ReplyDeleteNice spinach. When did you start it so that it would mature enough to survive the winter?
ReplyDeleteThanks everyone for commenting!
ReplyDeleteGrafixMus and Emily - The variety that I grew this winter was Space F1 from Johnny's. It has proven to be very hardy. I direct sowed my seed in the garden in early September.
Erin - the snow totally missed us! Hooray for small miracles!
I think spinach has a high nutritional value and is extremely rich in antioxidants, especially when fresh, steamed, or quickly boiled
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