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Alyssum
| 27 | 9 | |
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Arugula
| 16 | 16 | |
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Beet
Chioggia
| 9 | 9 | Soil Rich, well drained soil that holds moisture well.
Each seed is actually a multi-celled capsule, so you may need small scissors to thin plants to proper spacing. Weed carefully, and mulch between plants to deter weeds. Baby beet greens often are included in salad mixes.
Harvest young leaves for salad greens as you thin young plants. Pull roots when they become plump. To keep through winter, harvest plants, cut off the tops, and keep in a cool root cellar or refrigerator. |
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Beet
| 9 | 9 | |
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Broccoli
Romanesco
| 1 | 1 | Soil
Rich, deep soil, firm with plenty of well rotted compost, composted manure, or balanced organic fertilizer dug in prior to planting.
Mix composted manure or another high-nitrogen compost into the soil before planting. When heads begin to form, feed with a liquid plant food.
Broccoli that matures in cool fall weather has an especially tender texture with sweet flavor to match.
Use a sharp knife to harvest the primary head when the beads are plump and well-filled. Many varieties produce numerous
smaller side shoots after the primary head is cut.
Cabbageworms are small green larvae of the cabbage white butterfly. You can use row covers to keep them from eating plants. |
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Broccoli
| 2 | 1 | |
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Cabbage (Spring)
| 3 | 1 | |
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Carrot
Rothild Organic
| 16 | 16 | |
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Carrot
| 16 | 16 | Soil
Well drained soil rich in organic matter, but with no manure added prior to planting. Use well aged compost or vermicompost to condition compacted soil.
Companions; Leek, Onion, Tomato, Sage.
Keep plants well weeded to reduce competition for nutrients are water. Mulch over the tops of mature carrots to keep their shoulders from turning green.
Can be harvested over a long period, but the longer plants are left in the ground, the more likely they are to be injured by insects or animals.
Viruses, nematodes, and soil-borne diseases can cause roots to become gnarled or misshapen. Try fast-maturing varieties to sidestep these problems. |
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Chives
| 32 | 16 | Soil average, well drained.
Full sun to partial afternoon shade.
Frost Tolerant Becomes dormant in winter.
Harvesting
use scissors to gather handfuls of leaves from early spring onward. Rinse, pat dry, and snip or cut into smaller pieces.
Can be invasive in cold climates. Snip off flowers to prevent unwanted reseeding. |
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Chives (Garlic)
| 18 | 9 | Full sun to partial afternoon shade.
Frost Tolerant
Garlic chives are hardy perennials that survive winter even in very cold climates.
Perennial
Companions; Oregano, thyme, and other mound-forming herbs.
Garlic chives produce white, lightly scented flowers in late summer. Gather them for use as cut flowers to keep garlic chives from reseeding. Like regular chives, garlic chives can become invasive.
Do not harvest in the first year. In spring, gather handfuls of greens for use in the kitchen. The leaves become somewhat tough in summer.
deadhead garlic chives to limit reseeding. |
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Cilantro
| 2 | 1 | |
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Collards
| 1 | 1 | Soil
Fertile, well-drained soil with plenty of well rotted compost dug in.
The flavor of collards is improved by cool temperatures, so fall is the preferred time to grow this crop.
Harvest leaves individually, when they are about the size of your hand.
n warm weather, cabbageworms may feed on leaves. Exclude them with floating row covers. In cool weather, watch for outbreaks of gray-green cabbage aphids in leaf crevices. Pick off and compost badly infested leaves. |
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Flower
| 8 | 4 | |
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Flower
| 8 | 4 | |
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Flower
| 4 | 4 | |
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Kale
| 3 | 1 | |
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Kohlrabi
Purple Vienna Organic
| 9 | 9 | Soil
Well drained soil amended with well rotted compost.
Harvesting
Pull plants when swollen stems are the size of tennis balls. Older plants have inferior texture.
Cabbageworms can be damaging, but they are less attracted to kohlrabi compared to other cabbage family crops. |
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Kohlrabi
| 9 | 9 | |
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Lettuce (Leaf)
Red Oak Leaf
| 0 | 0 | |
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Onion (Red)
| 9 | 9 | Fertile, well drained soil with compost dug in.
In clay soil, grow in raised beds or rows.
Mix a balanced organic fertilizer into the bed or row before planting your onions, taking care to get it into the soil below the plants. Do not feed plants that are nearing maturity if you want very sweet onions.
Companions- Beet, lettuce, cabbage, strawberry.
Set out sets (small dormant bulbs) or pencil-size seedlings in spring, while the soil is still cool.
Harvest young onions as scallions. When bulbs form and the tops of the plants fall over, pull them and cure in a warm place for
about 10 days before storing.
Weed early and often to keep onions growing strong. Seedlings are less likely to bolt (produce flowers) compared to bulb onions grown from sets. |
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Parsley
| 4 | 4 | |
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Sorrel
| 1 | 1 | |
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Spinach
| 9 | 9 | |
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Swiss Chard
| 4 | 4 | |
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Thyme
English
| 1 | 1 | Frost Tolerant. Very winter hardy. Becomes dormant from fall to spring.
Perennial
Bees are attracted to pink thyme flowers.
Plants are often short-lived, so root a few stem cuttings each spring to always have vigorous young plants. |
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