Winter Gardening - Winging it

So I bought some wiry temporary garden fencing at Ace Hardware. I zigzagged these around my little seedlings. The seedlings are turnips, kale, collards and other greens. I laid the medium weight row cover fabric over the wires and placed rocks at the edges of the fabric to keep them from being blown away. The idea is to grow greens for as long as I can through the winter.

I had some results from some soil tests recently that said the soil actually contained excessive amounts of phosphorous and potassium and other necessary nutrients.  So if I'm good about watering, we should have a nice crop of greens for Thanksgiving.

Garden Fabric Packaging 

Garden Fabric Packaging

Zigzagged Wire Fence

Seedlings

Garden Fabric in place

October Gardening

So gardening for the summer is over. I'm afraid all I have left from the garden are herbs for my Thanksgiving meal. I've planted some seeds for kale, turnips and other greens for the winter. I need to set that up next to continue to garden through the snow. I'm thinking a clear plastic sheet will do it; we shall see.

The last of the carrots.

I sacrificed several carrots to allow these caterpillars to continue growing there. I must have counted at least four! I didn't know they were active even in October. 

Variety of herbs: parsley, dill, sage, basil and rosemary. These will be flavoring my baby's first birthday lasagna.

Overall it's been a challenge to maintain the garden and keep up with my growing baby that's now toddling around with more confidence. We'll see what winter brings.