The Summer Harvest!
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summer harvest for cabbages/broccoli?
Comments (0)I realize that I'd be getting a late start, but I'm wondering if I could grow broccoli and cabbage now via direct sowing and get a harvest or will they bolt? The varieties I have are heat tolerant/bolt resistant. If I start them now, they'd be harvested in about August; will it be too hot for them? I realize I live in northern MI and that the heat is milder here, but it's still hot here in July and August....See Morewhat can I grow in my garden after summers harvest?
Comments (7)Hi - I am in 6b and grow nearly year 'round now (whatever I can get away with!). You should start (now) planting things in trays to be placed in the beds when the tomatoes etc. are done. Suggestions would be chard, cress, broccoli, and lettuces of all varieties. You can be succession-planting your lettuces in small patches all Summer and into the Fall. Smoosh it in anywhere you have a small spot. Carrots can be planted BENEATH the tomatoes right now. Add more carrot seeds every 2 weeks in a different spot. Make it easy on yourself and do just 12 carrots under each tomato plant. Then when the tomato is dead snip it off at the soil line, do not yank up the root and disturb your carrots. Ditto beets, turnips and mustard. The mustard can be started in trays now if you wish, and do another batch in a month - it likes to mature in the cool weather. Turnips must get planted directly - again, find a small spot somewhere. All of the root veggies will keep nicely in the ground for gradual harvesting even after several frosts - cold improves the flavor. And don't forget radishes which only take 30 days to a harvest. Arugula is another great crop that loves very cool temperatures and you will be eating it 3 weeks after you plant - it comes up practically overnight. Start some "corn salad" also known as "mache" at the end of August and transplant when you have a spot ready. This produces smallish rosettes of elegant salad greens and it will re-sprout in the Spring. Don't forget spinach - start some in trays end of August and you should get a nice harvest by frost - also if you do not yank the root out the Bloomsdale variety will re-sprout in Spring too - so you get double duty. There's a lot more but this is just off my head at the moment. You will basically need to commit to starting seeds in July/August if you want to be ready with small transplants once those spaces are available....See Morerenovating raspberry patch
Comments (3)I admit, I hadn't thought of Alex's idea, but I do like it. My main concern though is the varieties he currently has. Of all the raspberry varieties I've researched and/or grown, Fall Gold get's dissed almost every time. For a yellow, the flavor of Anne can't be beat, and even Kiwi Gold would be a better choice than Fall Gold. As for Heritage, it is the variety by which all others are judged. But, it's my opinion that there are much better varieties out there, and it was one of the two beds I just removed. I found them to be smaller, and not as sweet as other varieties. Can density was higher, but yield seemed lower. Instead, two of my favorite reds are Prelude or Caroline. It will be a significant effort to remove those beds, and for me, the $3 per plant from someone like Nourse would be money well spent. -Glenn...See MoreBM Honey Harbour vs. BM Summer Harvest
Comments (6)Wellspring - Thanks so much for that Maria Killiam site. I've been reading it for the last hour. Lisa- thank you so much. That's exactly the kind of feedback I was looking for. Now, here's another question: BM Honey Harbour is 920. The shade lighter than that is Buttermilk - 919. But there is no shade darker. 921 is San Diego Cream and seems to be in a class of its own. What is the best way to find the next shade darker/deeper (whatever) than Honey Harbour? Go back to the paint samples and just compare? I happen to have a sample of Bronzed Beige right next to it and I like the way they look together. Is a trial and error like that the best way to go?...See Moretreebarb Z5 Denver
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