Gardening at Night (Cabbage)

Looked in on the cabbage this time and it's doing pretty well. It will hopefully take off again this winter and make a good harvest. I pulled off most of the leaves and left a stub to grow. Not bad for a plant that usually gets pulled up after the harvest. Coleslaw anyone?

I've more or less left it alone since June.

I also did a little planting of seeds for the plant swap today. Hopefully everything will sprout.

Gardening at Night (Lamb's Ear)

Still doing a little gardening at night. This time I've been checking on how the lamb's ear has been doing. These lamb's ears don't seem to be having any problems with any infestations. It took a few times sowing seed and transplanting into this bed but we finally got them to grow where we wanted them. The trick now is to keep them from spreading like wild fire.




I found an interesting tid bit about what to do with lamb's ear. The usual is to use it like a bandage, but I have also found that it works in tea and tastes very light and almost minty.

Don't worry. I've tried it and it's really pretty good.

I made the tea by steeping a partially dried torn up leaf in a cup of hot water for three minutes.

Gardening at Night

Suffice to say I'm probably working way too much this week. This has made me take what time I have left, after dark, to do a little gardening.
Several of the plants seem to look better at night. I don't know if it is because they perk up in cooler weather or if I just can't see the problems in the dark as well. Either way it seems the plants are doing much better.
I need to make some cold boxes soon before it gets too cold to do anything about it. Granted that is still a few months away but I'm a procrastinator. It's a miracle I get around to blogging sometimes.
Currently I'm sitting up with my sick wife watching Lilo and Stitch wishing we could go back to Maui and wander around on foot. Maybe even see a mongoos again.

Baby Bells

I'm pretty sure these are small bell pepers. I can't gurantee it since I really don't remember what all was planted in this bed (they were all peppers). The overall shape and color sure seem to agree with me though.