The recent snow and freezing temps in the teens are now gone and I finally went out to my winter garden to check the carnage. Lo and behold, everything is HAPPY! The Kale is super sweet and extra yummy, the broccoli and brussel sprouts are humming along, and the other greens are just beautiful. I was sure they would be flat and black! Yeah winter vegetables!
The times, they are a’changin….
Looks like the USDA is working to make Local Produce more available around the nation. Take a look at the article here.
Also Hoop Houses at the White House!! The White House has a winter garden using row covers as an alternative to a greenhouse.
We have three raised beds with simple PVC hoop housed built over them. I have agribon floating row cover secured over the hoops to prolong our growing season (we’re in zone 7 at 2000′ in Grass Valley, CA). This is my first year trying to garden through the winter and our little hoop houses received their first BIG test last night when we received about a foot of snow. So far, so good…. all three hoop houses are still standing and the snow is insulating the rows. I’ve since brushed the snow off the top.
Any suggestions for protecting a just planted winter garden from squirrels?
I just started a very small winter garden .. temporarily fenced it off from my chickens and deer … only to have SQUIRRELS gobble it up. They have a lot access points over/in/under the fence right now, and the area is too large to entirely fence off w/ smaller wire. I’m thinking of building some small 4×4 chicken wired boxes to keep them out. Any other simpler/less expensive suggestions out there?
Thanks a lot
Katrina
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