I am a fairly new vegetable gardener, and have been able to grow Several types of vegetables in our raised beds this late Fall/Winter: cabbages, leeks, scallions, lettuce, sugar snap peas, spinach, kale and collards, radishes and garlic. No problems with bugs (like we do in the summertime), and very few weeds.
We harvested our cabbages in January by cutting off the heads and leaving the plant undisturbed in the soil, and they are all now sprouting several small cabbages on each stalk!
All our veggies have survived a few frosty nights, without any special protection; plus we get more rain in the fall and winter, so have not had to do any additional watering.
We have extremely hot summers here in Zone 8A, with periods of drought, and many, many types of insects- is a real challenge. Fall/winter gardening has been a wonderful (and much easier) experience!
I am a fairly new vegetable gardener, and have been able to grow Several types of vegetables in our raised beds this late Fall/Winter: cabbages, leeks, scallions, lettuce, sugar snap peas, spinach, kale and collards, radishes and garlic. No problems with bugs (like we do in the summertime), and very few weeds.
We harvested our cabbages in January by cutting off the heads and leaving the plant undisturbed in the soil, and they are all now sprouting several small cabbages on each stalk!
All our veggies have survived a few frosty nights, without any special protection; plus we get more rain in the fall and winter, so have not had to do any additional watering.
We have extremely hot summers here in Zone 8A, with periods of drought, and many, many types of insects- is a real challenge. Fall/winter gardening has been a wonderful (and much easier) experience!