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Re: fall seeding methods?..

We have a slight advantage here in zone 7 (more or less) with fall and
winter gardening. Basically we can grow most of the cabbage family,
leaf lettuces, overwintering onions (usually Walla Walla), chives,
bunching onions,  corn salad, spinach, chard, etc. almost year-round.
Seeds are sown June to Sept. 1, transplants are set out July-Sept. I
live over 1000', so I use a little more protection than "valley
folks". I have had good luck with concrete reinforcing wire cloches
covered with Reemay over with I add a covering of plastic as the
weather becomes more severe. We will usually have 2 or 3 days below 20
degrees in the winter, lots of mid-upper 20s. The bigger problem is
the constant bombardment by rain and the lack of snow cover. The
cloches protect greatly from that. Some years we have calendula in
bloom into December. January tends to be our most severe month. We
also take advantage of the late winter winds bittercress, chickweed
and miners-lettuce. Dandelion, sheep sorrel and Shepherds'purse follow
closely. Now we are harvesting lambsquarter, amaranth and purslane
also. Because of the wet spring we also still have the winter annuals
to eat. Another way to stretch the garden season is with sprouts. They
are easy to do and a great addition to the salad. Coldframes work well
also. They can be covered with straw or blankets in the coldest
nights. Pat in Noti, OR
Pat Patterson
25 miles from Eugene, OR on the Coast Range
If it has two ends, spin it.
Gardening feeds the soul too.
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