Fall/Winter Garden Varieties

[Meadowlark]

Inventory of my current garden:

Daikon Radish (20 ft)
White Radish (15 ft)
Cherry Red Radish (15ft)
Mikhnevskaya Red Cabbage (6)
Green Cabbage ( 17)
Stonehead Cabbage (9)
Chinese Cabbage (20 ft)
Bok Choy (12)
Curly Kale (5)
Green Magic Broccoli ( 28)
Romanesco Broccoli (12)
Snowball Cauliflower (12)
Swiss Chard (5)
Long Island Improved Brussels sprouts (6)
Jade Cross Brussels sprouts (6)
Detroit Dark Red Beets (10 ft)
Red Ace Beets (10 ft)
Bloomsdale Spinach (15 ft)
Dwarf Sweet Peas (15 ft)
Purple Top Turnips (80 ft)
Danvers Half Long Carrots (15ft)
American Flag Leeks (10 ft)

All veggies stagger planted ( from early Sept. to today) to mature continuously through winter and early spring.


200 yellow 1015 onions and 100 red 1015 onions to be planted next month.

 

[Meadowlark]

The above inventory makes up about 1/2 of my garden space.

The other 1/2 is planted in a rotation cover crop of alfalfa which is about 10 inches high. Mowed several times through spring/summer providing great soil building.

It will remain in that cover crop until spring when I will turn it under and plant my spring/summer crops. It will thrive all winter (survived 8 deg. last winter ).

 

[Marck]

Your garden sounds wonderfully efficient and productive, as well as being a shining example of the benefits of cover crops and crop rotation.