It is important to know your first frost date as well as the time it takes for your chosen vegetables to mature.
Winter vegetable garden plants.
The best producing winter vegetable garden is one that is well planned.
Watering these plants with rainwater would be ideal.
Extending your growing season is also a great way to enjoy winter vegetables.
This evergreen shrub thrives even in winter when few plants do giving life to a bare garden.
In zone 6 get plants in the ground in late september.
Tender leaves add bite to salads and other dishes.
The camelia or camelia japonica is almost synonymous with the cold winter season.
The general rule of thumb for planting a winter vegetable garden in zones 7 to 10 is to plant during october.
If you were really organised in late spring early summer then you will have already grown some winter vegetable plants such as winter cabbage kaleand brussels sprouts.
Winter vegetables need a solid start before winter arrives because once cold dark days settle in plants won t grow gangbusters like they do in the summer months.
Camelia is also a shade plantgrowing well in acidic soil.
Growing winter vegetablesallows you to extend the season and many vegetables that can be grown in winter will produce earlier crops than spring plantings.
For best flavor harvest them when they re 4 inches tall.
There are plenty of edibles that you can plant in wintertime including garlic leeks onions radishes lettuce peas potatoes chard spinach rhubarb and other leafy greens such as bok choy and kale.
Arugula is one of our favorite greens for the fall and winter garden growing winter greens has never been easier than sprinkling arugula seed it will self sow in the spring.