With the exception of garlic, September is the last month to plant annual edible crops In the Pacific Northwest. Plants need a minimum of 10 hours of daylight to grow and by the end of October the daylight hours have grown too short for crops to mature.
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Did you know that we start 97% of our own annual vegetable transplants from seed? That ends up being around 40,000 transplants every year! We grow our own transplants, hand picking varieties that we have tested and know to grow well in the PNW, to ensure that our plants get off to a healthy start.
Read MoreSeeding Transplants for Spring
Winter hasn’t even officially started but, believe it or not, it’s time to begin thinking about buying seeds for the spring! Not only can getting your seeds early allow for a jump-start on your spring planting, but onion and leeks actually need to be seeded as transplants in January so they have enough time to size up before being planted out in the garden in the early spring. Crops that can be started early for spring harvests are: broccoli, kale, cabbage, chard, celeriac, celery, collards, scallions, parsley, peas.
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