GROWING WINTER VEGETABLES Preparing Selecting Planting For Your

GROWING WINTER VEGETABLES Preparing…. . Selecting…. . Planting For Your Most Successful Winter Vegetable Garden Ever!

MICROCLIMATES WITHIN A GARDEN GOOD SUN COVERAGE NOT GOOD N 2

FIND WHERE THE SUN FALLS IN YOUR YARD N NOT ALL AREAS OF YOUR YARD WILL GET THE SAME SUNLIGHT COVERAGE IN THE WINTER AS IN THE SUMMER.

FOLLOW THE MOONLIGHT Midnight during a full moon = Noon sunlight in 6 months MOONLIGHT=SUNLIGHT JANUARY=JULY FEBRUARY=AUGUST MARCH=SEPTEMBER APRIL=OCTOBER MAY=NOVEMBER JUNE=DECEMBER MOONLIGHT=SUNLIGHT JULY=JANUARY AUGUST=FEBRUARY SEPTEMBER=MARCH OCTOBER=APRIL NOVEMBER=MAY DECEMBER=JUNE

EDIBLE PARTS ROOT LEGUME LEAVES Also considered a fruit

FIRST SORT WHAT ARE OR WHAT ARE NOT WINTER VEGETABLES?

SECOND SORT THE WINTER VEGETABLES I LIKE & THE ONES I DON’T LIKE

THIRD SORT THE WINTER VEGETABLES THAT I LIKE THAT I WILL PLANT & THE ONES I LIKE THAT I WON’T PLANT

FOURTH SORT THE WINTER VEGETABLES THAT I WILL START BY SEEDS AND THE ONES THAT I WILL PURCHASE STARTS FOR INSTEAD

FAMILIAR FAVORITES BROCCOLI LETTUCE CAULIFLOWER KALE CARROTS

‘COME ON GIVE ME A TRY’ RUTABAGA KOHLRABI ARUGULA PAK CHOI BEETS

CROP ROTATION CHART

HOW TO BEGIN #1 - SEED STARTING #2 - PURCHASE STARTS #3 - WAIT CONSIDER A COVER CROP

TROUBLESHOOTING

PLANTING

RECIPES KOHLRABI

LET’S TAKE IT OUTSIDE YOU GET TO TRANSPLANT STARTS TO TAKE HOME

LOOK ALIKES WHICH IS THE GOOD GUY? Rove Beetle Lady Beetle Earwig Mexican Beetle

LOOK ALIKES WHICH IS THE GOOD GUY? Bigeyed Bug Squash Bug Spined Soldier Bug Chinch Bug

MANAGEMENT

USING UCMG ON-LINE RESOURCES SEARCH: UC MASTER GARDENERS NAPA COUNTY Or: http: //ucanr. edu/sites/ucmgnapa SEE HANDOUT PKT FOR DETAILS

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