ray thinks it's his radio, but......

i'm gonna steal it for the new kitchen.

it's going right on the yellow formica table i rescued from the alley. 

especially since it was really nice to have the radio going while i was cooking our "out of the garden" dinner last night. just look at those fresh mustard greens. they're doing really well out there under the double layer of frost cover, with little to no attention being paid to them. the turnips are doing ok. their growth seems a bit stunted with the colder weather, (it's gonna get down to 11 degrees tomorrow night ya'll!!!!!) but the ones that are full size are keeping nicely in the ground.

i can't wait to get into the new house, get settled, and start the new garden. i have big big plans for my little space. it's gonna be a lot of trial and error as i try to grow things up instead of out, and to be productive and harvest through all four seasons. i have a message into the sellers to see if i can grab some soil samples to send off for lead testing. once i get the results i will know which kind of garden plan/raised beds i am going to do.

i'm leaning towards a little something like this....

 (photo snagged from "the year round veggie gardener")

so nice and neat and pretty. 

i think the hubby would approve. 

also the cool thing about these raised beds is, you can use outside of the bed and the space in between to grow veggies up, like this.......

 (photo snagged from veggiegardener.com)

this will be great for my lemon cucumbers. they did really well this year and didn't suffer at the hands of the squash vine borders or the squirrels. however, for my winter squash i will need to find a way to grow upward and still keep them under a row cover of sorts for protection. dang you squash vine border!!!!!!!