It's Snowing Outside, I Think My Gardening Is Over
By WebMann
@WebMann (4731)
Canada
November 6, 2009 6:19am CST
Well it kept getting colder here in New Brunswick and now it's snowing, with a bit of rain just to make it messy.
I guess I won't be doing any more gardening this year. Time to find a new hobby for winter. Guess I can tie some extra flies for my fly fishing trips.
Are you still able to keep gardening when it gets really cold?
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
6 Nov 09
My garden was finished about a month ago when we had a 14 inch snow and a hard freeze. The only things left are those to dig, like horseradish, Jerusalem artichokes and some dandelion roots I wanted for dandelion coffee.
It's hard to let the garden go!
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
8 Nov 09
Here's a blog post that explains it. Cleaning it is the hardest part, but I made it harder than you have to. You don't have to trim off the small roots or double scrub it - it's a sort of dirty color naturally and you'll never scrub that off. :)
http://patverettosfrugalliving.blogspot.com/2007/03/dandelion-coffee.html
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@peavey (16936)
• United States
8 Nov 09
Forgot to say that I grind them in a coffee grinder and then make the "coffee" in a coffee percolator, but you can just boil them in anything after they're ground up. Don't use a food processor because it will make them into powder which is really hard to filter out.
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@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
6 Nov 09
We've had our first killing frosts, so yes, the gardens are kaput, but we've not had our first snowfalls yet. I always enjoy the snow through about January...but then I get "hungry" for spring!
In the meantime, I do have some tomatoes put up for the winter.
Karen
@WebMann (4731)
• Canada
7 Nov 09
I was looking out my office window yesterday and could hardly see our backyard for the snow falling but today it's sunny and there is no snow on the ground at all. A little stayed on the garbage can and BBQ but no where else.
It won't stay like that for long.
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