Future Winter Garden Harvests

Peppers and strawberry guavas were the only garden harvests this past week but I’m anticipating a bounty this winter. It’s the time to transplant seedlings and direct sow other crops. Here’s a look at some of what’s ahead for the cool season garden.

Sweet peas appeared this week and are protected from the birds by pea brush and various screens. I’ve grown the bi-color sweet peas from my saved seed since 1993. I shared the seed with San Diego Seed Company and you can purchase it as Organic Point Loma Pops. (Currently out-of-stock).

Barely visible are the first flecks of green—the ‘Golden Sweet Edible Podded Snow Peas’ emerging. Small bamboo sticks make access by the birds more difficult and give the vines a way to climb toward the trellis. The seed was also picked up by San Diego Seed Company and is sold as ‘Organic Yellow Sugar Pod Peas’.

Romanesco ‘Veronica’ (Territorial Seed) should yield substantial heads grown on large, vigorous plants. I’m still enchanted by this fractal vegetable.

I planted seven ‘Jacaranda’ broccoli (Territorial Seeds) and six ‘Premium Crop’ broccoli.(Gurney’s). After watering in and mulching the plants I covered them with arched metal screens. Raccoons and opossums frequent the neighborhood and occasionally my garden. We’re expecting temperatures in the mid-70’s most of the week so the 40% shade cloth should help them settle in. Planting will continue this week with focus on beets, carrots, radishes and onions.

‘Ambridge Rose’—the fragrance matches it good looks; a consolation now that the broccoli has supplanted the ‘Queen Red Lime’ zinnias.

Check the What I’m Planting Now and Garden Tasks This Week pages. Then head over to see what other garden bloggers around the world harvested last week at Harvest Monday hosted by Dave at Happy Acres blog.

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