Root Harvest

A couple of days before the Arctic air mass that is currently parked over us moved in, I figured it was probably time for me to harvest the remaining  root veggies.  I thought about using the ground for long term storage, covering them sufficiently with mulch to withstand the freezing temps, but frankly the whole thing made me a bit nervous.  So I pulled 'em.

Nothing ridiculous, but not a bad haul given I'd been munching on all of these the entire summer.  Golden and purple top turnips, golden and purple beets and orange and purple carrots.  You'd think the girls had a hand in the variety selection with all that purple.

The purple harvest was followed up that evening with a pink sky. 

Followed the next day with our first flakes of the season...

And the next day with a couple inches of ground cover.  

We've had single digit highs for a few days now and I dare say that my lettuce, broccoli, kale, collards, cabbage, swiss chard, along with a few other things, are toast.  I didn't fully comprehend the depth and length of this cold snap and therefore took no measure to protect them.  I have to wonder if row covers would have even helped here?  An experiment for next year, I suppose.