Greens

Green Soup a la  mustard and rutabaga greens.

Two greens have figured heavily in our meals this year. Here are the recipes I used.
https://www.splendidtable.org/recipes/basic-green-soup
http://www.cookinglight.com/recipes/kale-mushroom-frittata
In the case Green Soup, use any green you have but do not leave out the lemon or the olive oil.
The frittata can be adjusted to more people easily. That's their charm. Goat cheese dolloped around as for if a pizza is special.

Whacky Doo Winter

Tomatoes. I have about sixty plants. 😐

Spring is on the calendar and I, in anxious anticipation, started all manner of seedlings in all places. Fortunately small lettuces do not mind frost/freeze if covered so we re-covered, again. A gardening version of spin the bottle.
I put out broccoli seedlings and Swiss chard thinking a warming trend would begin a-a-and had to cover. Beets, you're on your own. Maybe I will cover them before the cold settles tonight. Maybe. Bright sunny days yield frost at night this year.
RobCo Master Gardeners' Spring Symposium featured Greg LeHoullier, self proclaimed Tomato Man. First, he declared tomato seeds are viable for up to twelve years. Good thing I hoard seeds. Testing his theory I found my six year olds were. I also used a modified version of his germination method and now have entirely too many of every type of tomato I planted.
Here's the list:
Celebrity
Mountain Magic
Mountain Fresh
Yellow pear
Juliet
Lemon Ice (dwarf)
Pink Passion (dwarf)
All have been separated, replanted and are thriving.
Now we wait for warmer weather. And, I will buy some more heirloom tomato seeds.
There are other seedlings up. Beets, leeks, ground cherries, borage.
Failed twice are the basil seeds.
Hm.

New Bed

The New Bed has been mapped out, filled with composted manure and a few plants put in. Not the best timing for planting. Lured to it by the warm weather we have re-covered established beds and will cover the new planting. Maybe double cover and put some of those candle heaters under tonight. And tomorrow night. A long overdue reminder: Small towns list toward boring, therefore I garden.
Recent reading and videos are leading me down the path of No Dig (Charles Dowding, UK) and Craig LeHoullier (Cary, NC). The New Bed is no dig. Tomatoes many types and varieties are up and growing under lights upstairs. Elliot Coleman's, Winter Harvest started year round growing. Future posts will refer back to these methods.

A long overdue reminder: Small towns list toward boring, therefore I garden. Apparently those whose winters are longer learn crafts, quilt and build stuff. I would lose me mind and be perpetually medicated or learn to build stuff because sitting is not for me.

oops.

I know not to brag about the weather. So help me. My garden is back under wraps with night time temps in the low 30's. The trials of gardening...