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A neighboring organic farmer, Eliot Coleman, was fascinated with this concept which he witnessed, in action, at the Nearing’s farm next door. He subsequently wrote “The Four Season Harvest” which meticulously describes the methods he culled based on good old empirical trial and error in establishing his commercial winter greens enterprise. (Our public library has both of these books on the shelves, but only the older, unrevised edition of Coleman’s book.)
There are three basic principles to winter “gardening”:
1. choosing naturally cold-hardy plants
2. latitude
3. protection
We’ve discussed the coldhardy plants quite a bit in previous weeks. Generally, the idea is work with nature, planting types of vegetables that prefer cold and to choose the varieties within those types which are bred for cold hardiness.
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