I'd love to tell you that converting from cold frames to quick hoops is the reason we're still enjoying fresh lettuce and greens at the beginning of January.

But the truth is that this winter has been strangely warm.  Last year, our farm was under a coat of snow for nearly the entire month of December and the ground froze solid, but in December 2011 there were days when I didn't even need to light the wood stove.

I hear we're in for an arctic blast this week, and the snow is already falling.  I'll let you know whether the vegetables under the quick hoops survive once the leaves thaw out and either liquify or keep growing.

Even though cold weather is more work, I'm happy to see snow on the ground.  (And maybe the ground will freeze solid enough to drive the truck in?)

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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