2008 Garden Season Coming to an End

The 2008 gardening season is fast coming to an end. Since my last post of early November, there has been a few very hard freezes. In fact, there were a few days where the temperature did not even get above freezing. Most of the rest of the garden that was still growing has since died, like the broccoli and cauliflower. I even gave up on the brussels sprouts plants and pulled all of them up a few days ago. The only thing left in the garden now is one plot of carrots and one plot of lettuce. I harvested some lettuce under the plastic hoop about 5 days ago. This should just about be the last lettuce harvest of the year. Yesterday, I harvested one plot of carrots that was growing under a row cover (see pics below). I was pleased with the harvest from this small plot. If you have never grown carrots in the fall, you are missing out. They are much sweeter than spring-grown carrots. I still have one more carrot plot (approx. 4 ft x 3 ft) left, which is covered by a plastic hoop. I will wait to harvest them later. There is nothing better than going out into the garden and harvesting carrots in the snow!! Happy Winter Gardening!!