Cool Season Gardener

Extend the Harvest, Plan Ahead, and Grow Vegetables year-Round by Bill Thorness Description * The first wholly new, focused, and comprehensive guide to growing winter crops in the Pacific Northwest and other maritime climates* Promotes year-round outdoor activity, food and garden sustainability, and a smaller carbon footprintHow would you like to serve your own carrots for Thanksgiving next year, or fresh-from-the-garden salad at the winter solstice? Or how about collards for Christmas, leeks on New Year's, and lovely red beets for Valentine's Day, all right from your own garden? You can, without much trouble, by practicing winter, or "cool-season," gardening.Cool Season Gardener is longtime gardening writer Bill Thorness's friendly guide to maintaining your garden year-round even in dark, damp, maritime climates. He shows you how to keep the garden in production in cold months, practice succession planning for sowing and transplanting, plant cover crops, utilize homemade garden struct