Our Winter Garden

We planted Kale last weekend and this morning I planted some Garlic.  I'm not sure I did it right, but we'll see in a few months.  I only planted about 7 cloves, and they were nothing special, just cloves bought from the gropcery store.  I can't wait to see how they turn out, as I'm a big fan of Garlic...

I checked out my fennel today and saw some aphids going to town on it.  I remember reading that aphids are fond of fennel, and I can see why.  I think I'll borrow the blender tonight and make those mean little suckers an herbal pesticide that they won't like sucking on quite so much.  Well, we'll see.

Kale

Mindy bought some Kale from Wal-Mart for James and I to plant in the yard as a little miniture winter garden.  I'm not sure how they will do, but I'm pretty confident that it won't be to bad.  And if it doesn't work out, there's always next year. 

We've got a table outside the trailer full of herbs, which at the moment seem to be doing well.  Our rosemary bloomed over the weekend and looks beautiful.  We pruned back the Pineapple Sage with the help of Chris Delk, and I hope it doesn't kill it.  That would just break my heart.  We've got the leaves in the fridge and I'll need to find a use for them before they go kaput.  We'll need to bring the herbs in soon here, but I want to let them get as much sun as possible. 

I read that rose hips are good for harvesting around now... I wonder if I could find them somewhere nearby.  I checked Mindy's rose bush, but didn't see any hips... *shrug*