From the Garden this Week...

Yes, I am still harvesting! Today I finally picked my first broccoli raab today. I planted several times through the spring and summer and time my plantings bolted before the the plants even got big. This was so not the year for most greens! With all the extremes in the weather, from very wet to very dry, very cold to very hot, most of my green leafy vegetables just didn't do well.  I did let one of  the bolted broccoli raab plants go to seed and self sow. The flower buds are from the self sow seeds. This batch of plants looks very healthy and lush. If a cold snap holds off, I should be able to pick flower buds for at least a few more weeks.  Today's little harvest got cooked up with potatoes, onions, and sausage and served for dinner.

I pulled my turnips today and ended up with two five gallon buckets of turnips. Turnip recipes will be coming soon in  a blog post!

Swiss chard is the one green that did very well this year. I picked and froze another eight quarts this weekend. Again if a hard freeze holds off, I should be able to continue picking Swiss card from the garden for another few weeks.

There are still cabbage, beets, carrots, kale, Brussels sprouts, and baby spinach and lettuce in the garden waiting to be harvested.

 I know a lot of people across the United States got snow this weekend. We are still snow free, but I finally did break down yesterday and light a fire in the wood stove. (Trying to be frugal with the wood that cost so much in sweat and hard work!)

Linked to Garden Life and Homestead Revival.