I move most of my greens around to the northeast, shady side of the house this time of the year to keep them sweet as long as possible. The Edible Garden Planner can help you plan your garden over the year. You can also plant taller veggies on the south and west side of your lettuces so as they grow, they provide shade to the lettuces. You can grow edibles in an extensive raised garden, or simply in a pot on a deck. Shade cloths can be used for those in the garden. Vines: Peas and beans are excellent for growing along fences, pillars, and rows. Carrots, kohlrabi, and turnips can grow 1-2 feet of greens above ground and add to ground cover and edging. You can move your lettuces if in pots to a shadier part of your patio or porch. Arugula, spinach, and chard will do well all season, and rainbow chard will bring a lovely pop or orange, pink, and yellow to the garden. The Red Sails will typically stay sweet even after it has bolted. Now is the time to provide shade for your lettuce and sow bolt resistant varieties like Summer Crisp Magenta, Green Towers and Jericho Romaine, Simpson Elite leaf. I am growing a kumquat, lemon, goji berry, raspberries and aronia all in pots. Growing “exotic” figsThere are other varieties of fruit you can grow if you are space constrained. I have it in a pot that I overwintered in my portable greenhouse. I got many figs last year and should have even more this year. Much of the tops were killed over the winter, but it is leafing out nicely on the surviving branches. This is the second year for the Chicago fig tree. What to do with all that zucchini?! Everything you need to know to grow squash Veggie noodles are low in carbs and high in nutrition. I am still using the zucchini spaghetti noodles out of the freezer from last year and Spaghetti squash "noodles". Don't be afraid of not being able to use all your zucchini, there are great ways to preserve them. They are very long growing vines with very long fruits. They are in peat pots and will be transplanted in about a week. How to grow cucumbers-in pots or in the gardenįor squash, I am growing a couple that I will use as a summer squash that are resistant to pests and disease, a Trombetta and Serpent of Sicily I am growing from seed. Just pluck them off and throw into a can of soapy water. For cucumbers, keep an eye out for cucumber beetles and caterpillars. You can also direct seed this time of year. The area selected for your edible garden should be flat and receive reasonable amounts of sunlight and some shelter from the wind. I started them indoors and will transplant them outside in a couple of weeks. You could share your photos with friends and family, perhaps a contest for biggest tomato harvest, hottest peppers, most slugs captured.I am growing a bush cucumber Bush Slicer this year since I still don't have my garden bed in place and will be growing them in pots.
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