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Winter Garden

Yesterday while I was walking the dogs I noticed our new lemon tree is blooming again, and was covered with butterflies, which usually don't arrive this early. I'm in awe of the tree, too. It survived three nights of hard freezes before putting out new buds, and there's still two generations of fruit ripening on its branches.

Our new venture in celery is going well.

I'd say we'll be able to harvest some of these by February, which is nice, because I use a lot of celery in cooking and like everything else it's getting expensive at the market.

Our slightly battered bell pepper is also hanging in there. Green bell peppers are $2.49 each at my market, so I'll save five bucks when I pick the two on this plant.

We're still growing and enjoying fresh radishes every week, but I'll have to soon harvest the last of the cosmic carrots. Time to make some veggie soup!

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Maria Zannini said…
I'm inspired by your celery. I'm going to try it this fall. It's a bit too late to start them now, I think.
PS Don't be surprised if you find a very odd looking caterpillar on your citrus. It shocked the heck out of me. It's called the orange dog caterpillar, but if you look at it head on it almost looks like the head of a cobra (not the body)

They like to munch on citrus leaves but they generally don't do too much damage. They turn into swallowtail butterflies.

Great job on your winter garden!
January 12, 2023 at 9:51 AM
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