Planting for a 4-Season Harvest, Part 10
Crops
Withstand Light Frosts
Many crops are not affected
by light frosts. Someone once remarked in mid-October how full my
garden still was of green, growing things although all annual flowers
were blackened. Beet and carrot tops, also parsley, were more
luxuriant than in summer, while lettuce, Chinese cabbage and fennel
were thriving in the cool weather. Broccoli started the March
before
in the house, and set out in April had doubled in diameter since it
first matured back in July, and was sprouting all over with side
shoots. Read
more....
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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