February in the garden is always a busy month around here. We are in full harvest. Tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchinis, eggplants, corn are in abundance. Every meal contains at least a couple of these vegetables, and we are also busy boiling down tomatoes to make pasatta.
We harvested the onions, and turned some into caramelised onions (yummy!)
Country Boy planted some Painted Mountain Corn. It isn’t much good for eating, but it is so pretty, and you never know what each cob will look like until you peel back the husk. The kids are really enjoying harvesting them. Apparently they make good popping corn, so we might try drying them and popping the kernels.
The hot, dry weather has meant that the beans and peas aren’t doing as well as last year. Hopefully with some slightly cooler weather and some much needed rain, they might get ahead.
Country Boy has been busy planting our winter veg out. He has been planting carrots, cabbages, broccoli, cauliflower, celery, leeks, and kale.
Over the next month, we will be doing more harvesting of the summer vegetables, and more planting of the winter vegetables. He will also be planting our next lot of garlic.
He has also decided to pull out one the strawberry beds which isn’t very productive. We are also hoping to order some asparagus crowns.
As ever, it is all systems go here in the garden.
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….so I wish you had a farm stall…and I wish it was just up the road and not all the way down south, cos this produce looks YUM
Those tomatoes look so amazing. I am glad you had a crop worth to make passata, I am trying again with about 30 more plants in the ground, fingers crossed winter doesn't creep up on us too soon. Keep us posted about the corn if you do end up popping it, might be something I would like to try.
You are living the life! Hubby and I are working towards this. We are hoping one day to have an abundant veggie plot. A few more hurdles to get over and then I'm hoping to have beautiful fresh veggies that the kids can help plant, water and pick!
Oh I love the sound of your harvest. We are having great difficulty growing anything here, too hot I think.