Garden Diaries, 2020

[Killerbunny]

OK we've caught it in a few and have broken it off.
Thx

[KimChick]

No corn for us this year; DH stopped planting it because it invited raccoons that would ignore the electric fence.
We started our vegetable farm gate sales this summer, too. We decided to put out produce on Fridays and Saturdays when there is the most traffic.

[Ontario Chick]

I might be suffering a sin of cabbage pride, but look at these beauties .....
there are about 4 respectable size so enough for the winter

[labradors]

Looking good OC! I don't have the courage to grow cabbage (and battle the Cabbage White caterpillars).

[Killerbunny]

Garden bunny just found ours. We suspect the turkeys showed him!

[Ontario Chick]

Looking good OC! I don't have the courage to grow cabbage (and battle the Cabbage White caterpillars).

this might all be a bit premature, because if I find anything in there when I cut it, that looks like it might be alive or was ever alive before, it's going to be chicken food.

[Ontario Chick]

OK, so about the cabbage storage there seem to be 2 different approaches for cold storage keeping the roots on or cutting them off?
Anybody has actual experience?

[Killerbunny]

I freeze mine and cook with it. I have cut off the roots and its fine but the green ones I have don't last the winter. Outer leaves will yellw but once you peel them off it's OK. My variety is Brunswick.

[labradors]

I dehydrated four trays of halved cherry tomatoes in the Excalibur the other day. I put them in before bed, and then worried that they might burn to a crisp, but they ended up taking 12 hours!

Linda

[Ontario Chick]

I freeze mine and cook with it. I have cut off the roots and its fine but the green ones I have don't last the winter. Outer leaves will yellw but once you peel them off it's OK. My variety is Brunswick.

The organic one I had, lasted thru the winter wrapped in "Stretch and seal" in the fridge, even after cut in half, just cut of the discolored first slice. So about 4 month.
But, only room in one in the fridge, the other possibility is a beer fridge which isn't self defrosting, so the humidity may be a bit better there, and then the cold storage, which has enough room to keep the roots on if I was so inclined.
It looks to me like there is going to be 2 large ones and 2 smaller ones, so may conduct an experiment :)