Saturday, June 19, 2010

Time to Think About the Fall and Winter Crops

It seems like I've just finished planting the seedlings for the summer garden, and it's time to start thinking about the seeds I need to sow for the fall and winter garden. The first seed catalog for winter harvest veggies arrived and I must say I get the same excited feeling as when the spring catalogs start filling the mailbox! I'm kind of like Pavlov's dog.

This will be my first serious effort trying to growing veggies through the winter. I'll be utilizing the portable hoophouse I designed early this spring and will set a second one up on a new raised bed I hope to add later this summer.  The other boxes will get a cover crops to add organic matter and help improve the overall structure and health of the soil.

So far here is what I'll be sowing in the winter garden:

Arugula
Beets
Broccoli
Carrots
Collards
Endive
Garlic
Kale
Peas
Lettuce
Onion
Shallot
Spinach
Swiss Chard

1 comment:

  1. I've become dotty about parsnips, but have yet to grow them. I dubbed 2010, 'year of the parsnip,' on twitter. Had hoped to find starts, but no luck. Will have to locate seeds.
    If you have extra broccoli, endive, spinach and Swiss Chard, just send it this way;~D
    Alice
    aka Alice's Garden Travel Buzz

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