It’s the time of year where a delicate blanket of snow
covers the once flourishing vegetable patches of our little acre. The heavy
lifting is done, and our work consists of reading gardening books, planning for
the 2019 garden market year, and my favorite, decorating the garden for
Christmas.
We began the prep for the winter months in late summer, when
we sowed cover crops like hairy vetch, oats, and clover into some of our beds.
The cover crops protect the soil from erosion during the blustery winter months,
add nutrients to the beds, and break down into a mulch, which makes for lovely
soil when spring comes. In late October and early November, we cleared out the
beds, added compost to them, and used mulch and black plastic to “tuck” the
garden in for the winter.
Now that the garden is tucked in, we’ll be tucked inside
enjoying the veggies that we spent all summer growing, canning, freezing, and
drying.
May you have a peaceful and joyful holiday season! We’ll see
you in 2019!
