Growing Vegetables Through the Seasons With Succession Planting. Want to eat fresh, home-grown salads in winter? Nova Scotia gardener and author Niki Jabbour says you can do it — and put an end to the first frost being the end of your growing season. In her book, The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, she explains how to stretch the growing seasons through gardening tips for succession planting, building cold frames and planning crops to get maximum yields.
In this excerpt, Jabbour gives instructions and tips for succession planting, an important aspect of longer-season growing. Buy this book in the MOTHER EARTH NEWS store: The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener. The goal of succession planting is simple — to enjoy a continuous and uninterrupted supply of fresh vegetables. This type of planting is particularly important in small backyard gardens, where space is at a premium. Many of my favorite crops for succession planting are those that thrive in the cool and cold weather of spring and fall. Succession planting starts with a little planning. Keep on Seeding. Planting a Fall Garden the Easy Way. Fall doesn’t have to be a time in your garden when your bountiful summer crops simply start to slow down. In fact, in most areas of the country, fall can be one of the most productive times of year in your garden.
Many crops thrive in the cooler weather of autumn, and even into winter with a bit of protection. Think spinach, lettuce, beets, carrots, cabbage, parsnips, turnips, radishes, broccoli, kale, chard, mustard greens — the list goes on! One main question gardeners have about planting a fall garden is, “When should I plant?” In steps a tool we’ve been raving about for a few years now: the Vegetable Garden Planner. New to the Garden Planner this year are various “garden objects” you can place in your plan. In the image above, I’ve added a small hoop house over the left garden bed. Of course, other crops were in these same beds earlier in the year — and that’s OK.
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