Nursery News 

It's Vegetable Planting Time!   

 

Now is the time to start planting those cool season veggies! We have a great selection of vegetable starts coming from our greenhouses daily! From very cool varieties of leaf lettuces to Walla Walla onion starts, broccoli, collards, leeks, artichokes, beets, peas, spinach, mustard and many more. We have it all. We feature Ed Hume and Irish Eyes Organic Seeds for those who prefer to seed their own vegetable starts. 

 

Don't rush those tomatoes or peppers! Although we do have a limited selection of our tomatoes plants available now, we will have over 130 varieties of both hybrids and heirlooms available near Mother's Day. Unless you can protect them under cover at night, or keep them in a greenhouse, tomatoes and peppers will only be stunted by night time temperatures below 50 degrees. So, relax, take a breath, and do not be tempted by the big box stores. It's too early! You will be glad you waited after seeing our fantastic selections.

 

Getting a head start on preparing your garden in the northwest can sometimes be a bit challenging. What works best depends on your individual site as well as the weather. Ideally you will have a south or west exposure, with soil that is well draining and filled with plenty of organic material. Soil and air temperatures in spring are especially important to our gardening success.

 

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Outside air temperature is something that we can do very little about, but by utilizing an enclosed cold frame or small heated greenhouse we can raise both day and night temperatures considerably. Soil temperatures can also be raised using various techniques. Raised beds can increase soil temperature by 8-10 degrees and are common in the Northwest. In Europe and many other places of the world, gardening with vegetable bins and containers placed in sunny locations and balconies is also quite popular. In many Asian countries, low laying hutches or covered hoop houses are utilized for early spring plantings. Some gardeners will also use black ground cover to absorb the suns energy while controlling weeds at the same time. There are many natural ways to "help" out nature, and in turn, get an fast start on your vegetable garden.  

Happy farming! 

 

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