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| mommared |
Posted - Aug 12 2015 : 1:57:12 PM
What do you ladies grow in fall/winter?
We had a winter garden for the first time last year and it was surprisingly successful with much less effort than our summer garden. I enjoy the trial and error aspect of gardening and decided to throw some stuff in and see what would happen. Carrots and lettuce were phenomenal, cabbage family not so much.
We're in the sierra nevada mountains and have some nights below freezing in winter with potential for big snow storms, but the last few years with this drought have been pretty mild.
We didn't do much of a summer garden this year and I'm antsy to get in the dirt. I think I might give my son his own plot to grow what he chooses.
Rhi
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| Lady in Pearls |
Posted - Oct 29 2015 : 5:45:53 PM
I'm in south Texas and it's actually easier to grow most things in fall/winter here. Summer is too hot and the bugs are too bad. Our growing season is October to June (maybe) with the exception of watermelon, amaranth, tomatoes, and corn in the hottest months. An unusually hot October actually made my romaine bolt! I have just planted radishes, various lettuces, arugala, garlic, scarlet runner bean, Swiss chard, and sugar snap peas (plus my perennial herbs), and hopefully beets. Good luck! (I've actually only grown herbs and Swiss chard in winter before, so I'm a novice too#128516;).
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| PrairieIslander |
Posted - Oct 16 2015 : 7:48:28 PM
I am doing garlic again this year as I discovered that NOTHING tastes as good as home-grown garlic. I am wondering though if I should actually leave it in all winter or if I should dig some up before the ground freezes. I planted it in spring this year. Any thoughts, anyone? |
| mommared |
Posted - Aug 16 2015 : 1:56:27 PM
I'll be picking up seeds later this week and will be trying onions! I might give cabbage and brussels sprouts another try...any suggestions? They grew last year, just didnt produce much at all.
Now we're waiting for this heat wave to end so we can get the ball rolling.
Rhi
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| Cozynana |
Posted - Aug 15 2015 : 7:26:40 PM
I have beets and radishes up again. I hope I can beat the cold. |
| morganewilson |
Posted - Aug 15 2015 : 1:01:52 PM
I tried winter gardening for the first time this last year. It was a total failure, though the kale did start growing when spring rolled around again. I put the stuff in the bed in October..maybe I waited too late in the season.
I do kind of want to try again this year. |
| Ninibini |
Posted - Aug 15 2015 : 06:26:41 AM
Awesome, Steph! Thank you! I'm going to give it a whirl - I have plenty of onion seeds if it doesn't work here! SO excited to see what happens!
Kem - I got them from Baker's Creek: Candy Roaster and Cream of the Crop. I only need a few seeds of each (extremely small yard!), so if you'd like me to send you some, please just shoot me an email. I'd be happy to send them out to you! :)
Hugs -
Nini
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| Cozynana |
Posted - Aug 15 2015 : 05:23:05 AM
Nini, what are winter squash. Can you give me and name and variety? |
| Ozark Farmgirl |
Posted - Aug 14 2015 : 7:45:15 PM
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| ceejay48 |
Posted - Aug 14 2015 : 7:34:38 PM
Cold weather? Hmmmm . . . we'll get frost in October, even a freeze and then it's all over after that. Only those with greenhouses can grow anything through the winter here!
CJ
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| sauceygirl |
Posted - Aug 14 2015 : 6:23:04 PM
Hi Rhi, Hi everyone. In the fall/winter I usually grow swiss chard, kale, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower. I've tried carrots but they don't seem to want to get very long. Don't know what I'm doing wrong. I have raised beds with good soil. I have the same problems with onions. They never get very big. I live along the coast of S. CA so the winters here are very mild.
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| Ninibini |
Posted - Aug 14 2015 : 07:59:31 AM
Hi Rhi!
We're growing beets, carrots, turnips, kale, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, various lettuces, radishes... And I want to try a couple of winter squash, too. I read there are a couple that you can direct-sow even this late in the season, so I purchased some seeds and am going to try. Also, I've cut back our Italian parsley and celery, hoping to get another harvest from them before the first frost. We shall see! :)
Steph - if you plant the onion seeds now, will they grow into full-grown onions past spring? I would love to try that, if they do! Please let us know!
Hugs -
Nini
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| Cozynana |
Posted - Aug 13 2015 : 04:11:28 AM
My grandsons and I just planted radishes, bok choy, dill (because the grandson wanted to), carrots, lots of lettuce and beets. Not much thought into what can grow this late, but going to see what happens. The radishes were up in two or three days......amazing. |
| Ozark Farmgirl |
Posted - Aug 12 2015 : 2:33:46 PM
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| Bonnie Ellis |
Posted - Aug 12 2015 : 2:14:51 PM
You should be able to grow stuff in a cold frame in winter. Our winters get too severe but you might try it. Patterns for them can be found on line.
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