Friday, January 03, 2014

Brought out my copy of the Year-Round Vegetable Gardener to inspire myself



This book is amazing. I took it with me on vacation once to read at the urging of a friend in Nova Scotia. The author lives in Nova Scotia, and if they grow greens etc. all winter, we on the west coast certainly can! 

I have seen the odd mention of Mâché but never really knew anything about it. I certainly did not realize that it is a reliable and perfect salad green for the winter months. I used the book to build my hoop house over the garden bed. Thank you Niki. I can tell already that there is no reason at all, with all this information, that I couldn't grow vegetables all year round. Especially living in zone 9a. I have no excuse. Although, a little excuse could be the vegetable clear cutting techniques of the west coast slug. They are a total pain.

6 comments:

Mark Willis said...

For me, the chief obstacle to veg-production in Winter is not temperature, but low light levels. I'm experimenting with growing some things indoors in my "Growlight House" contraption.

Gardeningbren said...

Me too!! and all my seed packages..spread on the table )))

Erin said...

I will look forward to hearing about your results. I think that is why I've had trouble growing lettuce in the greenhouse in the winter. Light.

Erin said...

Hi Bren. I must admit I've spent a fair bit of time reading my Westcoast Seed Catalogue.

Pam's English Garden said...

I do envy your climate, Erin. I wouldn't dare to grow veg. in the winter here, as the ground is frozen solid for months. I can't afford to heat the potting shed/greenhouse. Although I do have some parsnips still in the ground and they will probably be OK come the thaw.

Erin said...

Hi Pam. I really thought our Vancouver Island weather was similar to yours. We are Zone 9b, what is it there?