One of the very fun, and very tangible benefits of over-wintering vegetables are being enjoyed by all right now. The canoe garden is full of onions and garlic, cabbage, swiss chard and other greens and the over-wintered pansies are in bloom and going crazy. The colors and blossoms and pollinator activity are such a welcome scene in late winter/early spring.
We have other containers that are a mix of landscape perennials, grasses, herbs, shrubs, pansies and edible greens like cabbage and swiss chard. The other enjoyable color that pollinators are enjoying are the daffodils and crocus and iris that are blooming all around the school.
We try to keep something in bloom outdoors year round and that is why we overwinter pansies. Spring bulbs offer an easy, low-maintenance way to achieve early spring blooms.
As I trimmed, and cleaned and mulched I also planted some sugar-snap peas in some of the containers which we should be eating in 55-65 days.
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