Are you looking at the new USDA zone map, thinking that now that you’re one zone warmer you might try growing peanuts or southern peas this year? There are lots of of techniques and equipment for extending your growing season in cool climates where hot-season crops barely get enough heat and time to ripen before … Continue reading Getting More Hot-Season Veg from your Cool-Climate Garden
Written by Lisa Dermer. Source materials include conversations with Ira Wallace. As the year begins we’re eager to start sowing seeds, but nervous about starting too early and having big, leggy transplants and nowhere to plant them. There are lots of crops we can and should start in January: bulbing onions, rhubarb, artichokes, celery and … Continue reading What to Sow in January
Artist Jessie Doyle, creator of the gnomes, toads, birds and bugs of Southern Exposure’s catalog covers for the last three years, has started her own artist’s blog – Jessie’s Art. We love reading about the techniques she uses in her gorgeous botanical illustrations and what she’s learning about these crops! A few of our favorite … Continue reading Southern Exposure artist on art, life, & heirloom veg