More survival reports : Cast Iron Garden

I went out to get the kohlrabi and cabbage for Wes and uncovered some more areas.

The tops of most onions seem frost damaged. Not sure about their bases. We’ll see if they grow back this week or if I need to go get more.

Adjacent snow covered onions seem similar.

The chard is definitely frozen. Will be interesting to see if it comes back from its base or if I need to reseed it. Tucked under it is a ragged little cabbage.

I cut the kohlrabi at the base. Most of the leaves are in good shape, too.

The cabbage (left) and kohlrabi (right), harvested and set on the snow.

The Dutch corn salad greens are as hardy yet tiny as ever. I think from reading recently they don’t get much bigger, so I guess you’d need to plant a lot more than I do?

At the edge of the front nook, these strawberries and mealy blue sage were

Another towel and tub protected area. Strawberries look good and so does the oregano in the upper right corner (at the edge of the snow).

I think the sad little standing cypress has survived!! I put a bit of mulch around it after my last visit to it (when it looked very sad). The other front nook one and both backyard ones are still covered by snow.

By the time I got done outside Wes had trimmed up both the kohlrabi and the cabbage for use this evening.

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My garlic looks the same but i bet its ok. Not sure if iris will be ok but bet they will. Little onions too. Im going to wait a few days before trimming garlic etc. your strawberries look unscathed. What an experience eh?

larksparrow says:

February 21, 2021 at 2:22 am

I would be shocked if irises aren’t ok considering how they stick longer than anything at old homestead sites. Indeed, the experiment of an era!

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