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Take care of our home, the earth, and share the surplus you have.

Take care of the earth, take care of the people, and share the surplus.

Hi everyone, I would like to share a link to a very cool project I heard about and hope to be involved in this year. The goal is to help raise fresh vegetables locally  for people in need in our local community.


The project is called GardenWorks.




Are you kidding? Can you really harvest your own vegetables in winter?

Can you really harvest your own vegetables in winter?

YES, you can!

I can hardly believe it myself.  I am currently harvesting swiss chard, cabbage,
turnips and kale. It is so wonderful to have homegrown  organic fresh greens to add to winter meals. Everyone who enjoys fresh homegrown vegetables should consider adding more cool weather crops to their garden!
It is almost magical to lift the cold frame and see these beautiful GREEN
crops thriving in the dead of winter.  I started growing these cold weather crops from seed in late summer so they were fairly mature before the weather turned colder and darker.

Cold Weather Crops, what you can grow in winter....

COLD weather Crops! The Winter Harvest has begun!

Hey Everyone! I have had really good luck this year with winter VEGGIE CROPS
in homemade cold frames.

Check out  my photo of the cabbage I harvested.

















I also took a shot of one of the cold frames. It is so fun to see things growing in winter. I have a big crop of swiss chard, turnips, parsnips, cabbage, herbs, lettuce, and kale!

I started these off in late summer and fall from seeds.



The mysteries of gardening!

Good story on veggie growing~ : ) Amazing what you might find.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16374283

My subversive 'Veggie' Plot

Winter is a great time to start dreaming about what to grow in the Spring! Here is a great inspirational video to get you in the mood to grow some of your own veggies in 2012.


CHECK OUT : My subversive plot.




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