Time to start Garden Planning

Once the Tree comes down,
The ornaments put away,
The calendars changed,
The obligations put to bed,
We can begin the garden planning,
Helped along by a new book (xmas present from VA farmers/friends) by Eliot Coleman
And a new old passion for the thought of extending our season.
I thought I would share a picture of the artichoke just before
we had the real real deep freeze in December.
They made it a lot longer than we thought tempting us to make that a new mission in life, to grow Vermont artichokes.

These plants survived down to the teens degrees fahrenheit.

So I challenge you to start something you always wanted to do but someone said it

couldn't, wouldn't shouldn't.

It is time.

mary