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| Just got Johnny's Seeds August 2014 newsletter with a terrific article rating which vegetables are best for over-wintering and/or growing in a tunnel. Here in NH I have had great luck with spinach both over wintering outside without protection and in a high tunnel. In addition to ranking vegetables, they name specific varieties. I think this is very helpful since I didn't know some lettuce varieties are hardier than others. http://www.johnnyseeds.com/t-growers-library-index.aspx I'm gardening in NH and trying to follow ideas in the Eliot Coleman books. |
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- Posted by naturegirl_2007 5B SW Michigan (My Page) on Sat, Aug 9, 14 at 14:09
| Thanks for the reminder that fall sowing times are coming up (or here for many crops). Last winter was my first one with very low tech low tunnels. The extreme weather and heavy snowfall completely buried my two foot chicken wire fencing and left no sign of the covered tunnel area. When the snow finally melted, the tunnels were flat on the ground. I figured the lettuce and spinach grown to a small size in the fall were goners. Turned out the tunnel wires had been pushed several inches into the ground by the snow load and when I pulled them back up the crops were still fine underneath. I was amazed. We ate very early salads in spite of a late spring. Definitely going to repeat the fall sowings this year. And I'll be checking the seed box for varieties recommended by JJS. Can't remember the varieties used last year. Maybe I have the info in my garden notes...maybe not...sometimes I neglect to write things down and then am sorry later. |
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