It was almost 70 degrees in Eugene yesterday and I took full advantage. As promised, I took photos of the garden in the filtered morning sun.
Favas planted as a winter cover crop with raspberries and grapes in the background
More favas - I will plant the spring garden where the favas are now.
What we will hopefully be eating this winter - turnips, chard, peas, beets, broccoli rabe, and kale
Cauliflower and romanesco broccoli loving the sun
Before planting our winter garden, I picked up a copy of Growing Vegetables West of the Cascades by Steve Solomon. We grew the turnips, chard, peas, beets, broccoli rabe, and kale from seed. Ideally, they would have been planted in July, but weren’t planted until September. Judging by their current size, our winter harvest of some of these vegetables will likely be either non-existent or fairly small. Oh well – chock it up to experience, right? I bought starts of the broccoli and cauliflower and planted them about the same time. The cauliflower already has small heads. We will hopefully be eating these throughout the winter.
It looks to be another warm,sunny autumn day in Eugene. Perhaps I will find time to thin the turnips…
I was researching Winter Garden in Florida and came across your bog. Reminded me of a Winter Garden in England
Amy: Our climate is quite similar to England, except our summers are a bit sunnier (thanks goodness!).