Fixing the gate, a December harvest

I made a quick trip to the plot today.  The gate needed to be repaired.  When we got the plot, the gate was donated to us.  Unfortunately, whomever made it didn't anticipate the nails they used coming out over time as the gate swung and flexed.  No pictures, but I made a temporary fix (deck screws to the rescue!) to last until the spring.  I'll likely build a whole new gate in the spring, anyway.

While I was there, I wandered inside to see if much had changed since our last trip out.  It was nice to see that some of the garlic has come up through the leaf bed covering I put down.  I also saw some rye grass coming up here and there.

I also took a look at the daikon to see if any was finally large enough to harvest.  Sure enough, there was!  I pulled somewhere between 1/4 and 1/3 of the total in the box.  As I started removing the tops to put into the compost bin, it occurred to me that the greenery might be of use, too.  I reasoned that since some people eat radish greens, since daikon is a type of radish, their greens should be edible, too.  As a result, I kept the greenery that wasn't rotting or looking too frost burnt.

I ended up making some soup today using one of the daikons and two or three of the tops.  It turned out well.

Not including the one that I had for lunch, the daikons (minus tops) weighed 16.2 oz.