Beth, even living in S OH, how do you get your garden to last this late in the season? Is it in a greenhouse? Is this normal where you are? It just seems so late.... You lucky you :^)
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no greenhouse, just a normal garden and...
an excellent book, "Four Season Gardening" by Eliot Coleman, he gardens in MAINE. We had 16*F last night and the celery, parsley, cabbage and spinach will keep well if kept from the constant degrading received from these temperatures. The carrots are under about 18 inches of hay right now and will keep all winter if the ground does not freeze. Earlier this week when it was 45*F I dug 20 pounds of carrots and store them in the frig. I keep an eye out for nice days to dig more carrots when I need them. I will harvest the cabbage soon, the parsley and spinach will hibernate all winter and start to grow early next spring, if I can keep the ground from freezing. I use thick old sleeping bags for the spinach and parlsey.