I trimmed back my fence/ low tunnel hoops so that the fabric would cover it completely.
11/24: Califlower is back near the fence with some peas that will never produce pods. (All pollinators disappeared for the winter.)
Broccoli and some lettuce are growing (slowly) in the 2 covered rows. (Broccoli needs 6 hours direct sunlight per day and temperature above 26-27 F.)
12/4/23; after most of 10 days I uncovered the low tunnels today, Here is the broccoli.
I should be able to leave it uncovered for the next week or so. I will water tomorrow and maybe fertilize again. At this point its mostly hands off except for reattaching the hose and watering and covering it back up when its too cold. Not sure If it will flower/head. The lettuce continues to grow. I did not plan to have a winter garden, just had seedlings that I needed to plant. Still have some time until January when I will want to retire inside. Except for one broccoli there is NO looper damage! (I suspect a cut worm for the damaged broccoli.)
Tomatoes: I had put some tomato vines in a box in the garage (Approx 45F at night.) 12/04/23, The green tomatoes ripened. Here is a picture of Thorburn's Terracotta in a bowl in my kitchen! They are not as good as in summer, but still good!
***Report on Burpee's Long Keeper tomato that I grew late this summer: I harvested about 120 red tomatoes in late September and put them in boxes in the garage. I experienced about a 40% loss by December 1. I did not think that the tomato was that flavorful and the last ones were starting to shrivel up. The trade off is that the ones that survived were edible late into the year. (The garage ripened Thorburn's taste much better and I still have some.)
