Well! Very nice welcome mat to Diana's Gardening thread!
(I will avoid wiping my digital boots on it!)
Well! Very nice welcome mat to Diana's Gardening thread!
(I will avoid wiping my digital boots on it!)
We have wild swings in weather here, from spells of 0 degree weather up into the 60s, ice and snow. Depending on the temperature using one or two layers of Garden fabric and some pipe heating cables with thermostat at about 40 degrees F. When it gets in the 40s and is sunny I pull the covers off . I lay a metal stake on the top of my hoop low tunnel to keep it from blowing away. The piece of green drain pipe provides a support for the low tunnel.
Winter gardening notes...growing plants slow down in winter. You cannot rely on maturity dates. The size will not be as large as summer gardening. The Chinese cabbage is supposed to be about 50-60 days but were planted at the around the middle of September. The Kaitlin was 90-105 days and was also planted about the same time. Its head is still fairly loose. Perhaps it will get more dense as it warms up. You need to keep up with the watering, even in winter.
Biology still applies...even in winter the Golden Beauty wants to bolt. It is starting to produce little flowers which should stir fry nicely.
Possible to winter if you want to put in the effort. Easier to do in summer if you can deal with the insects and here, the heat.
