Things have been busy here at the Lobo Garden RED. We have successfully built a cold frame for our budding little winter greens, as well as completed further preparations for the winter. Tasks like the cold frame have been accomplished successfully but not without their challenges. For anyone who has put up a cold frame to protect their winter gardens will know, decisions like what materials to use and how the frame will be structured have short term as well as long term implications. It was decided by the Lobo Garden maitenance group that the cold frame will be use both a cloth covering and a plastic covering. Using both materials allows the cold frame to retain heat more efficiently. The structure of the cold frame is made of wood using both an exoskeleton for the frame and internal supports for structural integrity.
Now that the cold frame has been built it was time for the Lobo Garden team to plant winter crops. Planted inside the cold frame there is: arugula, spinach, kale, radishes, chard, swiss chard, micro-greens, micro-green salad mix, sweet peas, leaks, collard greens, carrots, and asian micro-greens. Already there is sprouting amongst the carrots and micro-greens.
Stay tuned for more updates.
*This just in!* Radishes are available to eat!
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