Last week we had some brutally cold weather, I harvested the last of the turnips, and a few of the parsnips. The cold scared me off, and I figured I would come back to get the rest. Silly me, the ground went from 1/4'' frozen to over 2'' of frozen topsoil in less than a week! So I'll wait until the spring thaw, or perhaps I'll get impatient and build a cold frame. I did grab the last of the chard, and some kale also a few beets that were still out there. The beets were almost on top of the soil so the just popped right out.
The one plant that is still surviving in the garden is the spinach. As I've said I have it under two layers of remay, and a little bit of straw, it looks great. It isn't throwing out many new leaves now because our days are so short, but it is hanging in there! Maybe it'll last until March, and give us some early greens.
