Now is the time for planting your winter vegetable garden. We use seeds and starts to create a diverse and delicious assortment of herbs, flowers, and veggies to use in your kitchen from winter into spring.
First gather up your favorite winter veggies, herbs, and flower seeds. Here are some of our favorites.
Next, mix together all of your seed packets that will be evenly broadcasted over your veggie beds.
Now plant out any vegetable starts that you want to grow this season. These are plants that can be slow growing from seed so it can be easier to buy or grow out select veggies like broccoli, cauliflower, garlic, & onions.
After you have planted your veggie starts, broadcast the seed mix over the beds and water in well. You will see your seed mix come up over the next 2-3 weeks and grow and grow…
Here you can see the broccoli crop is coming up for its first harvest as the seeded greens and root crops will be the next to mature.
This is what our winter veggie gardens look like in the spring as some plants that were not harvested, like arugula and carrot, go to flower to attract beneficial insects to control pests. We usually have to cut in spaces for our summer crops like tomatoes and squash. Cut back all the winter crops after the seed has set and can be collected or spread over the garden to come up next winter.
Here is a interplanted veggie garden using “Keyhole” planter beds loaded with perennial edibles like kale, chard, thyme, and oregano. Growing different size plants next to each other uses the planting space most efficiently as they can fill out their own niches.
Any size container will do to grow food in your own backyard. Here is a whiskey barrel full of winter herbs, flowers, & greens. Happy growing and eating from your backyard this winter! Contact us today to help design, build, or prepare your gardens for seeding and planting.