Monthly Archives: December 2014

Lettuce in Philly in the Snow

My crop of September-planted lettuce, mustard and kale, which has been draped with a light floating rove cover since October,  yielded a very nice harvest on Dec. 10.

Dec. 10 harvest of lettuce, mustard, kale and a spring of chard

Dec. 10 harvest of lettuce, mustard, kale and a spring of chard

I picked fairly heavily in light of the prediction of a chance of a bit of snow. I’m determined to keep some plants going for as long as possible this winter. I have no hope of duplicating last year’s bumper crop of overwintered spinach and lettuce, but I’d like to try to keep something alive until spring. But I don’t want to sacrifice all of my crop to that experiment.

Rover cover with a dusting of snow, Dec. 11, 2014

Row cover with a dusting of snow, Dec. 11, 2014

Who knows how long the light covering will keep my crops alive this winter. So far, they have done far better than expected, having survived several freezes into the mid-20s already.
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On Dec. 11, sure enough, we got a light skim of slushy snow. I dropped by the garden, found the snow-dusted row cover intact, and the plants underneath just as happy as clams.

Marvel of Four Seasons lettuce under a blanket dusted with snow, Dec. 11, 2014

Marvel of Four Seasons lettuce under a blanket dusted with snow, Dec. 11, 2014

The red lettuce is Marvel of Four Seasons. The frilly red mustard I’m growing is called Ruby Streaks. The kale plants are from starts that I bought at a nursery in September.

My lettuce is thriving after a light snow fall on Dec. 11, 2014

My lettuce is thriving after a light snow fall on Dec. 11, 2014