Putting the Militant Garden to Sleep

I would make a good bear.

I am always too warm, I am always hungry and looking for food, and I like to sleep.

I could probably sleep a whole season, like a bear, and winter would be just perfect under my down comforter.

See you in 108 days, in the spring.

Well, it's time to put the Militant Community Garden into hibernation.

Yes, even after that miserable hurricane, we have spinach! A nice happy surprise.

We harvested all the spinach, which was not as big as our summer crop, however, it was tender and delicious mixed with bacon, hard boiled egg, crispy shallots from our garden and a hot honey mustard vinaigrette. Yum.

We found some nice red onions (more like shallots) leftover from the summer.

Time to cut down the asparagus ferns, which take up way too much room in the garden and produce way too little (we will have to rethink that next season).

Time to till the soil, rake the manure, and get the plots ready for spring.
(yes, that would be me, shoveling sh*t, and I'm good at it too).

Time to plant the garlic, which will be ready in June.

I woke up an earthworm, but buried him back deep in the soil so he can go back to sleep.

Time to plan and rethink what we really want to grow next season. The beets, broccoli and spinach did exceptionally well, and instead of 10 tomato varieties, maybe just 5.

Green beans are a must, but we won't bother with the carrots this time, they weren't that tasty, and probably a few breakfast radishes, so we can have them with butter and fleur de sel in the spring.

Lots of onions again, so I can give them away and make that amazing onion jam.

Maybe potatoes, yes, potatoes. I have always wanted to be a potato farmer.

Well goodnight garden.

Have a good sleep.

See you in a 108 days.

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