1. GROWING WINTER VEGETABLES
Preparing…..Selecting…..Planting For Your Most Successful Winter Vegetable Garden Ever!

2. MICROCLIMATES WITHIN A GARDEN
GOOD SUN COVERAGE
NOT GOOD N
Keep tall plants from creating unwanted shade; but can locate to protect from wind or too much heat.

3. FIND WHERE THE SUN FALLS IN YOUR YARD
NOT ALL AREAS OF
YOUR YARD WILL GET THE SAME SUNLIGHT COVERAGE IN THE WINTER AS IN THE SUMMER.

4. Midnight during a full moon = Noon sunlight in 6 months
FOLLOW THE
MOONLIGHT
Midnight during a full moon =
Noon sunlight in 6 months
MOONLIGHT=SUNLIGHT MOONLIGHT=SUNLIGHT
JANUARY=JULY JULY=JANUARY
FEBRUARY=AUGUST AUGUST=FEBRUARY
MARCH=SEPTEMBER SEPTEMBER=MARCH
APRIL=OCTOBER OCTOBER=APRIL
MAY=NOVEMBER NOVEMBER=MAY
JUNE=DECEMBER DECEMBER=JUNE

5. EDIBLE PARTS
ROOT
LEGUME
LEAVES
Also considered a fruit

6. FIRST SORT
WHAT ARE
OR WHAT ARE NOT WINTER
VEGETABLES?

7. SECOND SORT
THE WINTER
VEGETABLES
I LIKE & THE ONES
I DON’T LIKE

8. THIRD SORT
THE WINTER
VEGETABLES THAT I LIKE THAT I WILL PLANT & THE ONES I LIKE THAT I WON’T PLANT

9. FOURTH SORT
THE WINTER VEGETABLES THAT I WILL START BY SEEDS AND THE ONES THAT I WILL PURCHASE STARTS FOR INSTEAD

10. FAMILIAR FAVORITES
BROCCOLI
LETTUCE
CAULIFLOWER
KALE
CARROTS

11. ‘COME ON
GIVE ME A TRY’
RUTABAGA
KOHLRABI
ARUGULA
PAK
CHOI
BEETS

12. CROP ROTATION CHART

13. HOW TO BEGIN #1- SEED STARTING #2- PURCHASE STARTS #3- WAIT
CONSIDER A COVER CROP

14. TROUBLESHOOTING

15. PLANTING

16. RECIPES
KOHLRABI

17. LET’S TAKE IT OUTSIDE
YOU GET TO TRANSPLANT STARTS TO TAKE HOME

18. LOOK ALIKES WHICH IS THE GOOD GUY?
Rove Beetle
Lady Beetle
Earwig
Mexican Bean Beetle

19. LOOK ALIKES WHICH IS THE GOOD GUY?
Bigeyed Bug
Squash Bug
Spined Soldier Bug
Chinch Bug

20. MANAGEMENT

21. SEE HANDOUT PKT FOR DETAILS
USING UCMG
ON-LINE RESOURCES
SEARCH: UC MASTER
GARDENERS NAPA
COUNTY
Or:
SEE HANDOUT PKT FOR DETAILS

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