Quantcast
Channel: West Texas Gardener » Chicken Feed
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 4

Winter Veggies!

0
0

(L) Swiss Chard (R) Broccoli

Winter is my favorite part of the gardening year.  Our West Texas winters are fairly mild and conducive to growing beautiful greens, broccoli, kale, collards and garlic.  It is relatively bug-free time of year and, so far, I haven’t had to water but twice – both times in the autumn.  The better half and I harvested some of the broccoli and Swiss chard (silverbeet) (see photo) some of which will find its way into our tummies this very evening.  While harvesting, we sampled some bits of raw broccoli and it was excellent.

Unfortunately, the chickens like it too.  So, no more free-ranging until after harvest.  I try to give them some greens daily so they are not deprived and theirs eggs keep those deep-orange yolks.

If you haven’t tried gardening in winter, you are really missing out.


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 4

Latest Images

Trending Articles





Latest Images