Last beets harvested

Monday we dug the last of the beets and sampled some very sweet carrots. I worried that the beets would be frozen with the open winter we've had thus far. Even though we had mulched with leaves, it's been so cold I feared the frost would go too deep. I was pleasantly surprised, both the beets and the carrots were delicious!

What's Growing (and what's not)

At the home garden, we're seeing little cucumbers forming, and mini-zucchini. Yesterday, I dug out a few Early Rose new potatoes for our supper--delicious! The tomatoes seem to have stagnated--flowers, bud no fruit forming. And of course, the radishes, peas, and chard are doing well in this cool weather. The spinach needs to be re-seeded and we started another row of lettuce and beets yesterday. I'm watching the tomatoes to be sure we don't get late blight--a disease which can wipe out our crop!

The cabin garden looks much more promising for tomatoes (the New Girl variety), and we've enjoyed some delicious radishes and beet greens. But cutworms decimated the pole beans and lima beans. The winter squash appears to be holding its own. The corn, on the other hand, is spotty at best. And you can definitely see where compost was spread, and where it wasn't! There's a stark difference in the output.