How Does Your Garden Grow?

Being our first winter garden and the growing of greens, we are definitely trying to figure out how to best work with these plants as we go along.  So far so good.

Though the harvest is still mostly a bit here and a bit there, we are getting enough to be a good supplement to the greens I buy at the store and farmer's market.

In this post, I wanted to share some of my latest favorite gardening tools/supplies.  First, the above harvesting basket was something I bought a good while back, about the time we put our garden to rest.  While it can't support a heavy load of produce, it is perfect for greens.  I set it over the sink after harvesting so I can rinse off the leaves before I put them in the frig.

I purchased this watering wand in the gardening department of our local grocery store, and what a great tool it has turned out to be!  I can set the water to be like a gentle rainfall and give the plants a good soaking without the water running off a lot.  The long handle makes it easy to reach all the plants.  

Since wet flip flops make for treacherous walking, a couple of years ago I bought these Crocs to use as yard shoes for when I am hauling sprinkles around the yard for watering.  Knowing that bare feet are not very pleasant once the weather turns cold, I checked to see if Crocs had boots.  Sure enough! I ordered some right away.  While I am not generally a person who gets excited about shoes, I was so excited to get these boots.  Up to now I have dreaded watering days in the late fall and early spring when it is chilly and I am dealing with sprinklers.  Now I can put on some toasty socks, tuck in my pants, and brave the cold and wet.  They will be nice when I need to go to the farmer's market on a cold and rainy day, too.  (Hopefully we have quite a few of those this winter.  We sure still need the rain.)  

Winter is coming, and, at least with gardening, I am ready. :-)