The freezing weather has really improved the taste of the greens from the garden. The leaves are limp in the early morning until things warm up, but in the afternoon they perk up. They are still a darker green and they are really tender. There does not seem to be a change at all in the collards, but they are not big enough to pick yet anyway.
The pansies seem to enjoy the cold weather. They are smiling all the time now and producing a riot of color. The camellias too are doing well. It is doubtful that the artichokes can take much more cold. It really doesn’t matter. They were planted in the front yard to provide interest while the other winter plantings were getting started. Hopefully their roots will survive and prosper and next spring new artichokes will come up.
The backyard artichokes in the garden produced 1 artichoke this year and then seemed to die back. Hopefully the front yard “chokes” will do better.
David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/
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