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February Harvesting

2/26/2012

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      Since we are just going out of winter there may not be as strong of a harvest as other months.  However, if you dig deep there is no telling what you might find! First of all our orange tree is going nuts.  Every morning I walk out to get an orange for my lunch.  I figure a jolt of vitamin C never hurt anyone! Usually there is just one orange that has fallen off the tree and is sitting on the ground like it there just for me.  
    When I went till the garden last weekend I realized that there were carrots that had continued to grow over the winter.  Most of them just had a little tuft of green, so make sure to take a look below the soil! 
    If you have chard or other leafy green that thrive in the winter, it is ripe and ready right now.  I have been slicing up our chard and adding it to pasta , or soups.  It is also good to sauté with some garlic and lemon. Did you know chard has 13 different  polyphenol antioxidants? Amazing.   
My herb garden has been pretty stagnant over the winter.  But right now the oregano is taking off and the rosemerry and sage have held strong during the winter.  

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     Last season we transplanted our artichoke plant.  I was a little nervous about this because artichokes generally don't produce a harvest until there second summer and I had grown it from seed.  Unfortunately I didn't realize how big they get and it was blocking the light on a lot of the planter.  The whole plant was maybe two feet tall.  When I dug it up we found it had one main root that was about twice the height of the plant! Anyways, after I transplanted it died.  We didn't get anything but a few tiny inedible artichokes before it croaked.  The great new is, it has come back in full force and I am hoping for some beautiful artichokes this summer!

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     Under the hay I also discovered two potato plants pushing their way through! I am still chitting some potatoes tonight to put a few more in, but they will have a head start.  I guess there must have been a few potatoes I never discovered last season.  
    Of course there are always the eggs! Barbecue laid this mini one today.  She does that sometimes. 

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