5 things to do in your garden this week, Dec. 15-21

1. Harvest winter vegetables
Continue harvesting winter vegetables planted in September and October. Replace those harvested completely, such as spinach, cauliflower, cabbages, radishes, beets and turnips. These new plants will be ready to harvest around Valentine’s Day, and then there will still be time to put in one more round, if you want. For plants that produce an on-going harvest – like peas, snap peas, Chinese peas and Swiss chard – pick the edibles regularly to keep the