Any recommendations???

[readra21]

We have just acquired some additional space in our garden this weekend and were thinking of planting extra corn or ???

We live here in the NW, actually SW Washington so the weather is a bit different.

We also have a 15-30 GH that we are redoing with raised boxes and want to grow veggies year round. as of now we have Garlic, carrots and Shallots in there almost ready to pick.


Any suggestions???

Thanks
Don

[NCLee]

Don, that's kinda hard to answer. Just depends on what you want. Is there something that you'd like to grow that you've never tried before? Strawberries or blueberries for example.

Without knowing your first frost date and your lowest average temp. (zone?) don't know if you have time enough to mature a summer type crop for this year. Not to late, at least for zone 7, to plant a turnip patch for example. Can or freeze the greens (pick so as to leave the growing tip). Then, just before the frost gets them, pull up some of the turnips for root cellar type storage. If your weather permits, mulch well for some of the best tasting early greens that you can get. The turnips that survive over winter will put out new leaves before going to seed next spring.

A late bean or pea patch is another thought. Just broadcast the seeds rather than planting in rows. We like to do that for purple hull crowder peas. Then, just before frost till in the vines.

Just some thoughts to get you started. Hope it helps, a bit.
Lee

[Deberosa]

Having just moved from the Shelton area of Washington - for outdoor crops you could be limited to starting your fall garden, such as cabbage, chard and other cool weather crops. You won't have time for corn, in that part of the world you are lucky to get corn and tomatoes if you get an early start! It's not the frost but the cool tempts that slow the growth on everything.

In the greenhouse you would be more flexible because you could keep the ground warm I would think. My greenhouse actually got too hot in the summer to grow things easily but that would change in late August. I did have tomatoes in my greenhouse last year in WA all summer long and they lasted almost till Thanksgiving with no heat.