Planting vegetables to grow in winter is my passion
I grow food during the summertime months too , but give months of extra harvests has been my drive . inhabit in a geographical zone 5 Canadian mountain climate , has n’t stop me from wintertime horticulture either .
The right winter vegetable are ones that can address that freezing and dethaw that happens often . You might have a modest wintertime in your area , with no frosts or snow . Or you might get a lot of both . I ’ve been using unheated season extenders for our wintertime garden . From ourunheated winter nursery , to a fallpolytunnel greenhouseandlow tunnel , you may also use cold frame .
Below you can see frozen winter vegetables
Then once the temps hover above zero then thaw
It’s once the plants have thawed that you can harvest them!
You never want to harvest frozen winter vegetables, they’ll turn to mush
So what vegetables can you grow in a winter garden?
First of all , before I share this list , the winter veg are n’t typically ‘ growing ’ . They are in a commonwealth that allows you to harvest them , but you need to plant them long before winter sets in .
I go into details of timing your winter greens in my ‘growing greens year-round’ guide, which you can get for only $2.99
I’ve written many winter gardening posts on getting the timing right and creating a planting schedule for these crops.
Best winter vegetables to harvest in the colder months
think to select cold hardy varieties within this list . Many seed catalogue will show you which 1 are expectant for wintertime gardening .
Do you have a favorite winter vegetables you grow and harvest?
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