I had my first harvest of the year today. It’s only 1 1/2 oz of Broccoli, but a harvest is a harvest. Really it’s a leftover from last year because it’s Broccoli that survived the winter. It was a total accident that it happened. I’d put row covers over my Broccoli late last year to extend my harvest and then the snow came so soon that I never got the row covers off and apparently it was just enough insulation to allow some of the plants to survive (5 out of 12 or so).
First Harvest 2011 - Broccoli
Unintentional gardening like this is one of the things I really love about gardening.
That my Broccoli is growing also confirmation conditions are ready for a number of of vegetables to be out in your garden including
Cabbage Family members:
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Mustard
- Rutabaga
- Turnip
- Kale
Root crops:
- Carrots
- Beets
Onion Family members
- Onions
- Scallions
- Garlic (though this needed to be planted last fall)
Garlic
Leafy Greens
- Lettuce
- Spinach
- Arugula
- Chard
Chard & Lettuce
Peas
- Snap
- Snow
- Shell
Any of these can be started from seed in your garden right now. Time to get planting.
