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RE: Hive Garden Comment Challenge: Our Gardens in Extreme Weather

in HiveGarden2 years ago

Once the soil drops below 50F there’s not much biology to support plants. Having said that, if I leave tiny oxalis plants in the ground over winter, I come out to good size plants in spring. It also depends on whether they get enough light.

I have never left things in the ground after November unless it’s parsnips because the critters will eat them or the ground will freeze down 1 - 2’. The parsnips I dig in December if I can before the ground freezes. They need to freeze to become sweeter.

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 2 years ago  

Great info! Thanks!
What about Jerusalem artichokes? Do you grow those?

Yes, they grow wherever the voles leave the tubers in the garden.