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 We have a thriving start on our cold frame winter garden. We are eating Chinese cabbage, fall lettuce, radicchio, mustard and beet greens. We have a good start on parsnips, leeks, carrots, and parsley. Our arugula, endive and escarole are just coming up. This month we will be planting our corn salad. It isn’t too late to . . . → Read More: What’s Happening in the Cold Frame Now! Our Friend started raising this plant in her greenhouse. It was given to her as a start. She didn’t really know what she was getting but wow what a survivor. This plant puts out medium sized grayish leaves that are sweat even after the plant has gotten large and is going to seed. It is great . . . → Read More: Try Broccolini, The Survivor  Here is a list of plants to seed in September: Miner’s Lettuce- Plant in August and September and Harvest in November thru spring Corn Salad/Mache- Plant Mid-Sept thru Mid-November and Harvest December thru spring Pac Choi- Plant in September and Harvest November thru spring Turnip- Plant in September and Harvest November thru spring Sorrell- Plant in September and Harvest November thru . . . → Read More: September Planting Schedule Our attention turned to Four Season Gardening a few years ago after a wind storm. Our small community had a power outage as a result of this storm. The power stayed off for 5 days. Many of the locals lost their freezer food. But, what was sobering was what happened to our local big box grocery store. . . . → Read More: Learn to Four Season Garden  The summer planting of Garlic is about ready to dig up and cure. Here are some tips for success. harvest the garlic when there is still 50% green in the leaves  It is that time of year to dry and store from the herb garden. We raise a variety of herbs for this reason. Basil is one of our favorite and most often used herb. Here is a general rule of thumb for drying herbs; if they have a soft stem don’t hang them to dry. The soft . . . → Read More: Drying and Storing Herbs Here is a list of plants that can be planted in August and into September. It is never too late to start your winter garden. When it comes to gardening there is something that can be done all year long. Lettuce – Plant lettuce from mid-July through Mid-September and harvest Mid-October through November Carrots – Plant in early . . . → Read More: Planting Schedule for August  Comments are closed  For Your Information  August Planting Schedule, August Winter Garden Planting Schedule  We have included in our ebook “Storing the Winter Harvest” some wonderfully unusual items. We tell you how to make Port Plums, can chicken with stock for quick winter soups, how to make and store ghee, Australian barbecue sauce, canned grape leaves, dandelion meed and much more!! This is a really fun download-able book for only . . . → Read More: Storing the Unusual We live in the Pacific Northwest and planted the Kiwi variety commercially called Hayward. This is the large fuzzy brown variety. In our experience, this variety is not very winter hardy. We recommend a variety called “hardy Kiwi” (A. arguta) or Artic Beauty (A. kolomikta) or Silver Vine (A. polygama). If you live in a warmer . . . → Read More: Raising and Storing Kiwi  Don’t miss seeing our new shopping cart with 3 ebooks. The Winter Gardening Guide is available for download now! This is a complete guide to raising a successful winter garden. There are invaluable chapters on soils, seeds, cold hardy plants, plans for building your own cold frame, and an easy to use month-by-month succession planting guide . . . → Read More: We have launched our newest ebooks! |
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