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To: MtnClimber
MtnClimber :" I also grow other things like peppers, tomatoes, turnips, rutabagas and summer squash.
Am expanding growing areas and evaluating what grows well with our short summer and soil conditions."

Other Cold weather crops to consider :
Broccoli - loves cool weather
. . . . . if you leave the 'leafey' side shoots, you may get 2 or 3 more harvests.
Brussel Sprouts - (fall crop), harvested leaves base forms edible bulbetts
Cauliflower- (generaly a fall crop), labor intensive, forms head which may require 'blanching' with outer leaves.
Cabbage - some varieties mature in as little as 60 days
Carrots - varieties get sweeter as the temperatures get colder
.......a cover mulch in the fall will allow harvest into the winter.
Kale .... - will withstand temperatures down to +15 degrees F, and snow.
Lettuce - seguential planting will allow sequential harvest.
Onions, Leeks and Scallions - true bulb crops, enjoy coolweather, but are frost tolerant.
Peas ....- offer flowers as well as vegetable, can be trellised to save room, or to give shade to other cool weather plants.
..........there are slso 'bush' varieties which maximize space
..........can be seeded outdoors as soon as the soil can be worked.
Potatoes - considered late summer/ Fall root crop
Radish - spicey root,some varieties mature within 30 days,
......... can be planted and harvested to make room for other longer maturing crops.
......... If left past maturity, roots become 'woody' and tough.
Swiss Chard - matures in about 60 days; stalks and leaves are edible. (leaves taste like spinach).
Spinach - about 45 days to maturity, does best in cool weather, but offered shade in summer will not bolt (seed forming)
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Beets, Carrots & Parsnips - true biennuals: first year sets root crop, if left in the soil, 2nd year will set seed.
Frost sweetens the crop.
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Turnip & Rutabaga - considered vintage crops, but store well in root cellar or refridgerator,
........ sometimes 'waxed' to preserve moisture and freshness until Spring; heirloom varieties available.
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70 posted on 05/22/2019 11:16:20 AM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt
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To: Tilted Irish Kilt

Add chickpeas to that list of cool-weather crops.


74 posted on 05/22/2019 12:56:21 PM PDT by Ellendra (A single lie on our side does more damage than a thousand lies on their side.)
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