Planning Ahead To Extend The Season


Now is the time to plan and build garden projects such as new raised beds, grow frames, hoop tunnels, etc for extending the growing season later this year or early next Spring. Planning ahead is very important. Here is a blog post that has some very good advice. How to grow vegetables all winter long We may not be able to grow vegetables outdoors all winter long, but we certainly can extend our season.


Book Alert: This book is full of very good cold climate gardening advice. Growing plants outdoors all year is really not possible where I live - but this book will show you some secrets for extending your season. The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener.

Don't wait until it starts getting cold, you must plan ahead. Here in Alaska that can mean starting a project this summer that you will use next spring to get the jump on mother nature.