来自花园的一月的善良……

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When much of the nation is freezing their socks off, 他们的花园被雪覆盖, I realize how much of a blessing it is to live in a climate w在这里 I can 收获的蔬菜 from my garden in January.

My latest excursion out to the vegetable garden found Swiss chard, 油麦菜, 豌豆, 菠菜, 西兰花, 和准备采摘的胡萝卜.

Except for the 西兰花 (which I had other plans for), all of my freshly-picked veggies were going into our salad

One crop that I have really enjoyed 成长ing this year, is Swiss chard.  It 成长s so easily and I love its rainbow-colored stems.

Believe it or not, Swiss chard tastes delicious in salads.

My lettuce had a tough start this fall with caterpillars eating much of it until I brought out the big guns – BT 芽孢杆菌thurgiensis, 哪一个是对毛虫的有机控制.  效果非常好! 我使用 Safer Brand 5163 Caterpillar Killer II Concentrate, 16 oz.

I won’t go into all the details of how it works, although it is quite interesting.  For those of you who would like to learn more about BT, click 在这里.

这是我做的沙拉的特写.  You can’t see the carrots too well, but they are t在这里.

It was so refreshing and delicious, especially when dressed with my grandmother’s “绝密”沙拉酱‘.

I have recently revealed my grandmother’s secret recipe to my daughters, who now can make easily.  

So, what is in store for my vegetable gardens this month?

I have 植物ed another crop of 萝卜es, carrots, 油麦菜 and 菠菜.

Next month, will be a busy month in the garden with getting ready to 植物 warm-season veggies.

我都等不及了!

诺艾尔约翰逊, 又名, “AZ植物女士”是一名园艺师, 认证树艺家, and landscape consultant who helps people learn how to create, 成长, and maintain beautiful desert gardens that thrive in a hot, 干燥的气候. 她是通过她来做这件事的 咨询服务她的在线课程 101年betway苹果下载和她每月的会员俱乐部， 穿过花园门. As she likes to tell desert-dwellers, "Gardening in the desert isn't hard, but it is different."