Every March, there comes the familiar routine of digging up and using or refrigerating the root vegetables before they launch fully into the sprouting process.
All through the winter, I never fail to marvel at the astonishing ease with which the garden’s vegetable plots serve as efficient refrigeration units. Out there lie carrots, beets, winter radishes and potatoes, leeks, kale, and other hardy greens, all available for easy gathering. The only care they need is a covering with mulch and insulating fabrics in freezing weather.
A visit, and garden help, from my son at mid-March hastened the harvest of some winter roots. The preparation of one bed for planting involved the digging up of a small plot holding a few short rows of daikon radishes and carrots, both seeded late last June. Next week. I’ll be taking a break from writing next week’s columns. Time to cavort in the garden and get on with the spring planting. This column’s Events section covers the time through to my return on Wednesday, April 19. A Happy Easter weekend to all. Enjoy your gardens as they rise to life.
Nanaimo meeting. The Nanaimo Horticultural Society will meet on Wednesday at 7 p.m. in First Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 595 Townsite Rd. There will be a presentation on either tomato growing or medicinal plants. More information at [email protected].
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