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Gardening

Denninmi

(6,581 posts) Fri Dec 16, 2011, 03:19 PM Dec 2011

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A rather rare occurrence in Michigan for December. I'm going to harvest leeks tomorrow. [View all]

Ordinarily by now, they would be frozen into the ground, and probably damaged to the point of being largely unusable by cold. But, we're having such a mild fall, that they look beautiful and pristine.

So, I have about 3 dozen nice leeks that I intend to dig tomorrow and store in the fridge in "greenbags" after I trim them up. They seem to keep a very long time this way, and will be nice for winter cooking.

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A rather rare occurrence in Michigan for December. I'm going to harvest leeks tomorrow. [View all] Denninmi Dec 2011 OP

Oh, I can taste that potato leek soup now....loaf of warm crusty bread.... NRaleighLiberal Dec 2011 #1

Well, I have hundreds of them. Most of them are feral. Denninmi Dec 2011 #2

You go out into your yard and just take a leeK!?? Vanje Dec 2011 #3

Well, I do try to be discrete. Denninmi Dec 2011 #4

Yeah, I like my leeks too, but I(NC) don't get the real hard freeze like Michigan... dmosh42 Dec 2011 #5

Greenbags are specially treated storage bags for produce. Denninmi Dec 2011 #6

Ok, thanks for the tip. I'll give them a try. dmosh42 Dec 2011 #7

I harvested ten onions yesterday Kolesar Dec 2011 #8

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