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winter gardening
We mulched our front flower beds earlier this week after *finally* getting all the leaves raked (lots of snow/ice in our area lately). Mulching and some warmer temps have got me itching to garden!
I have read you can plant sugar snap peas in the winter (I am zone 7 or 8 I think).
I do have some plastic to put over the dome netting I made in the fall. My 7 yr old asked a great question, so here it is...should I poke holes in the plastic over the domes? Or leave them solid and take them on and off the plants when there is a chance of freezing?
Also, I need to add compost, I think, to get the beds ready. Can I add one kind or do I need to add different kinds.
Any advice on winter gardening would be greatly appreciated :-)
Kristan
I have read you can plant sugar snap peas in the winter (I am zone 7 or 8 I think).
I do have some plastic to put over the dome netting I made in the fall. My 7 yr old asked a great question, so here it is...should I poke holes in the plastic over the domes? Or leave them solid and take them on and off the plants when there is a chance of freezing?
Also, I need to add compost, I think, to get the beds ready. Can I add one kind or do I need to add different kinds.
Any advice on winter gardening would be greatly appreciated :-)
Kristan
kshimpi- Posts : 63
Join date : 2010-08-09
Location : zone 7-8
Re: winter gardening
The risk of leaving things covered is steaming them, so be careful about covering them completely and leaving them that way. Winter sowing leads me to think that leaving a vent hole wouldn't damage the plant. I haven't planted peas that early, I usually do it at the beginning of April here in central Virginia.
Our plan is to add compost each season and we're going to add a combination of five kinds of compost for the same reason Mel recommends it in the first place... to make sure the full spectrum of nutrients are addressed.
Our plan is to add compost each season and we're going to add a combination of five kinds of compost for the same reason Mel recommends it in the first place... to make sure the full spectrum of nutrients are addressed.
Re: winter gardening
Hey there kshi! I don't think we have met, hello!
I am in Washington the state in one of the zone 7s. I celebrate President Lincolns birthday (February 12) by planting my first pea seeds. They survive snow and drenching PNW rains. The only cover I give them is the one that keeps Stellar Jays away. Playful birds, not weather are a problem for my peas.
I personally do not poke holes in my cloches. I am in the garden enough that I remember to tilt or remove the cloche on a warm day and put it back in the evening.
Fava beans can go in now, but I am going to wait until Lincoln's B-day to plant mine.
Deborah.....who just posted chores for January in my Everett Washington garden on Music of the Rain. Click on the page/tab called "The Toy Box"
I am in Washington the state in one of the zone 7s. I celebrate President Lincolns birthday (February 12) by planting my first pea seeds. They survive snow and drenching PNW rains. The only cover I give them is the one that keeps Stellar Jays away. Playful birds, not weather are a problem for my peas.
I personally do not poke holes in my cloches. I am in the garden enough that I remember to tilt or remove the cloche on a warm day and put it back in the evening.
Fava beans can go in now, but I am going to wait until Lincoln's B-day to plant mine.
Deborah.....who just posted chores for January in my Everett Washington garden on Music of the Rain. Click on the page/tab called "The Toy Box"
Re: winter gardening
thanks for the replies. My daughter and I went out this afternoon with a few goals:
1) repair the deer fence (the snow and ice had pushed down the poles a bit)
2) rake all the leaves out of the fenced in area
3) plant some sugar snap peas
We accomplished 1 and 2, but not 3. The soil in my boxes was frozen solid! Imagine my surprise when I tried to till up the soil with my hoe.
Anyway, we put some plastic on the net domes I made last spring. Maybe that will help warm up the soil?
Kristan - really wanting it to be spring, in case you could not tell :-)
Below is a link to my first square foot garden project -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kshimpi/sets/72157624695599142/
1) repair the deer fence (the snow and ice had pushed down the poles a bit)
2) rake all the leaves out of the fenced in area
3) plant some sugar snap peas
We accomplished 1 and 2, but not 3. The soil in my boxes was frozen solid! Imagine my surprise when I tried to till up the soil with my hoe.
Anyway, we put some plastic on the net domes I made last spring. Maybe that will help warm up the soil?
Kristan - really wanting it to be spring, in case you could not tell :-)
Below is a link to my first square foot garden project -
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kshimpi/sets/72157624695599142/
kshimpi- Posts : 63
Join date : 2010-08-09
Location : zone 7-8
Re: winter gardening
Your pictures are wonderful! I look forward to seeing what you grow this year
I take pictures sporadically but I rarely sit down and transfer them to the computer and organize them. I need to get better about that.
I know what you mean about wanting spring, I can't wait! We're going to start some seeds inside this year and I'm champing at the bit I'm going to try to grow some herbs from seeds that I collected and I hope to have better luck inside than I did outside last year. I have some winter savory seed that sprouted, but the little sprouts didn't last very long for some unknown reason. Hopefully they'll fare better inside.
I love your avatar picture, peas are my favorite veggie off the vine
I take pictures sporadically but I rarely sit down and transfer them to the computer and organize them. I need to get better about that.
I know what you mean about wanting spring, I can't wait! We're going to start some seeds inside this year and I'm champing at the bit I'm going to try to grow some herbs from seeds that I collected and I hope to have better luck inside than I did outside last year. I have some winter savory seed that sprouted, but the little sprouts didn't last very long for some unknown reason. Hopefully they'll fare better inside.
I love your avatar picture, peas are my favorite veggie off the vine
Re: winter gardening
thanks miinva!
This was my last attempt at growing veggies. I was determined to make it work :-)
I am considering taking down a big oak that blocks my morning sun so that I can add some additional beds for the spring.
My daughter eats most of my crop (especially sugar snap peas :-) right off the vine. There are worse problems to have, right?
I need to be better about reading posts on the forum. I got a little slack after my last harvest and our first snow.
Kristan
This was my last attempt at growing veggies. I was determined to make it work :-)
I am considering taking down a big oak that blocks my morning sun so that I can add some additional beds for the spring.
My daughter eats most of my crop (especially sugar snap peas :-) right off the vine. There are worse problems to have, right?
I need to be better about reading posts on the forum. I got a little slack after my last harvest and our first snow.
Kristan
kshimpi- Posts : 63
Join date : 2010-08-09
Location : zone 7-8
Re: winter gardening
I know what you mean, by the end of the growing season I was a bit 'gardened out', although some of my favorite crops are cool-weather, so I wish I'd done more with cold weather gardening. There's always next year
I just ordered some yellow and blue podded peas because a generous soul from this forum sent me some last year (thank you Selandra! ) and I loved the beautiful flowers as much as the peas themselves! The blue pods aren't labeled as edible but that didn't deter my husband. I didn't get a mature pod because he kept snitching them off the vine and eating them! *giggle*
I just ordered some yellow and blue podded peas because a generous soul from this forum sent me some last year (thank you Selandra! ) and I loved the beautiful flowers as much as the peas themselves! The blue pods aren't labeled as edible but that didn't deter my husband. I didn't get a mature pod because he kept snitching them off the vine and eating them! *giggle*
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