🌱 Your garden isn’t finished yet

Published 13 days ago • 1 min read • Homesteading, Gardening

Hey friend,

Depending on where you live, it might be tempting to look at your garden and think the growing season is almost over.

In fact, when we lived full-time in the Northwest Territories, August often brought frost, along with the amazing northern lights.

And while your garden season may almost be over, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re finished growing food.

Cool-weather crops, a little frost protection and even a simple cold frame can stretch the season longer than you might expect.

So before you put the garden tools away, here are three ideas to explore.

What to Know About Planting a Garden in the Fall

Kale, spinach, Swiss chard, carrots, radishes and other cool-weather crops can keep producing as temperatures drop.

The important part is knowing roughly how much growing time you have left and choosing accordingly.

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Cold Frame Gardening: 5 Frugal DIY Ideas

A cold frame is basically a tiny unheated greenhouse, and it doesn’t have to be fancy.

Old windows, leftover lumber and other materials you already have may be enough to protect greens and other cold-hardy crops when temperatures start dropping.

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Gardening in a Cold Climate

If you garden somewhere that gets an early frost, you already know the seed packet instructions don’t always match reality.

These are some of the tricks we learned while gardening with an extremely short northern growing season.

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You don’t have to squeeze another month out of the garden to make this worthwhile.

Even another week or two of homegrown greens counts.

Until next time,

Sarita

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