Growing Vegetables

Year Round

Carol Miles, Ph.D.

Vegetable SpecialistWSU Mount Vernon Northwestern

Washington Research and Extension Center

http://vegetables.wsu.edu

Overview of Presentation

1. Garden Preparation

• Selecting a garden site • Raised beds

2. Crop Selection

• Seasonality • Planting calendar

3. Structures for Protection

• Row cover • Tunnel

• Cloche • Hoophouse

• Cold frame • High tunnel

Selecting a site- full sun light

- access to water

- wind protection

Building healthy soil- compost each year

- soil pH test

Raised beds

Increase drainage - gravity

Increase heating - by reducing water content

Decrease root rot - primary disease in our

region, thrives in cold, wet soil

Photo courtesy of Sharon Collman, WSU Snohomish County Extension

Crop and Variety Selection

Seasonal suitability – early days to maturity,

cold hardiness

Transplanting – gain 4-6 weeks of growth

Planting guide – timing, succession planting

Using Protection to

Expand

Summer Production

Field hoophouse

– summer production

High Tunnel

- Summer production

Wind Damage

- May 3, 2010

Crops Well Suited

to Winter

Production

Pea shoots

Kale (Russian red)

Collards

Beets

Onions

Corn salad

Mache

Feldsalat

Leeks (Garlic)

Asian Greens

Structures for

Winter Production

Row cover

Cloche

Low tunnel

Cold Frame

No added

heat or light

Hoophouse

Field hoophousehttp://cru.cahe.wsu.edu/CEPublications/em015/em015.pdf

Easy to Store

Summer

Vegetables

Molasses Face

Trout/Jacobs Cattle

Rockwell

Old Fashioned Soldier

Orca

Fresh Shell Beans

Honey Nut

Mini Butternut Squash