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Re: Mild-Winter Garden - What to plant now?

Vicki Morin Gallagher wrote:
> 
> Dear Joshua:
>     Your 55 degree night sounds like a Western Montana summer.  With
> that type of night temperature you can grow virtually any vegetable you
> want sans eggplant, okra, yard long beans and other vegetables that
> require very warm night temperatures. Go a little crazy with a seed
> catalog and order seeds for your every whim.   It's nice to grow a very
> wide selection.  Be sure and check some of the Dutch companies.

I would be very grateful to you if you could send me some Dutch/european
seed sources. Quarantine regulations make it very hard to import seeds
from the USA, but Europe is much easier. This would help me a lot since
the Israeli agribusiness is not geared to home gardening.


>     What are  your summer temperataures like?

Scorch city. The dry season runs from June through September/October.
Dry means ABSOLUTELY no rain and a fierce southern sun in a cloudless
sky. Wild vegetation survives on dew and on the water trapped in the
heavy clay soil (which, amazingly, remains tangibly moist a foot or so
down for several months after the last shower). In August we usually get
a week or so of "Hamsin" - hot dusty winds from the southern desert
areas. I estimate that the non-irrigated parts of my garden is roughly
equivalent to Sunset zone 13. The watered garden areas are similar to
Sunset zones 21-23.

>     Good luck.

Thanks for your help!

> Best, Vicki
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