Vegetables that live through winter

[steev]

Right; turned out the spuds I thought weren't happening were starting to sprout; oh, well; I'd planted whole spuds, but now they're pieces, having been tilled. I think the technical term for this practice is "oops".

[reed]

My survivors include three wheat plants, planted last fall. Two turnips, small but alive. Five lettuce, four of which may be late winter volunteers rather than survivors, one of which may or may not actually be lettuce. I'm leaving the spot where the Swiss chard was alone till I see if anything lived, nothing so far but I'v "oops" them two years in a row and don't want to make it three.

The four good looking lettuce actually must be late winter volunteers cause I think they are also a cross. I had a dark green leafy lettuce and a dark red one. These are red with green specks and two are in the path rather the beds.

I dug my TPS spuds but so many little ones, wouldn't be surprised to see a volunteer or two. I only got one seed ball last year from the TPS plants but it's encouraging to get even that from seed.

[mskrieger]

Apr 2, 2018 21:23:45 GMT -5 William said:

Talking spuds I left my TPS potatos in the ground all winter. My thought being- those that come back to me after the winter belong here in my garden. Now they did not get rototilled. I hope they set berries this year.

Funny thing, spuds in cold climates. I thought all my potatoes were killed off by a disease last year and unproductive. I was wrong. They DID set spuds, nice ones, but in unusual places, not right beneath the plants.

Found them all when we tilled. And they were all smashed up, of course. But oddly undamaged by the cold.

[oldmobie]

So far I've spotted:
One brassica from my own crossing that had survived. The ones that grew in that spot last year were very collard like. I'll be looking to save seeds, maybe on their own. A hardy collard could be useful.

A few brassicas from the imperial no plow cover crop mix. Haven't tasted any yet. If they're good, I'll try to include into the proto-landrace.

One carrot from Joseph Lofthouse 's landrace. Inside the tractor tire, maybe the microclimate saved it, but obviously pretty hardy. Hope it's self compatible. With no other carrots that'll be in bloom, that's the only way it can start to become MY local landrace.