The weather, for the most part, has been dry with above normal temperatures for the past 2 weeks or so. They are predicting snow in 3 days, so winter is just around the corner. I have still been harvesting lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, and brussel sprouts. The brussel sprouts were small this year, but very tasty. I pulled up the plants a few days ago as I pretty much harvested all of the sprouts that were of any size still left on the stalks. The lettuce has pretty much stopped growing now and I have about completed harvesting it any ways. I will begin harvesting the carrots growing under the hoops within the week. I have a few small heads of broccoli that I will be harvesting within the next few days, as well as about four heads of cauliflower and two of the remaining heads of cabbage. I have already begun receiving my spring 2007 seed catalogs in the mail! I would like to wish everybody a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

Well, I am still harvesting fresh produce from my garden. I harvested three heads of cauliflower from the old potato raised bed two days ago (see the pic above). I still have one cauliflower and four cabbage plants growing in this bed. I also still have several cauliflower and broccoli plants in the other plot. I also harvested several heads of broccoli and some side shoots yesterday. I have also been harvesting lettuce and most of my brussel sprouts over the last 10 days. There was a very hard freeze (around 16 degrees) about 10 days ago. I covered the cauliflower and cabbage with row covers and the plants survived, although they appear a little stunted. It was a little too cold for the celery to survive, so I pulled the plants up. The carrots continue to grow under the hoops, but they are growing much slower now.