Things Needed
USDA hardiness zone 6 traverses the United States from coastal Massachusetts and New Jersey inland through Pennsylvania and West Virginia , across the central province through the Four Corners and up to cover most of eastern Oregon and Washington . Hardy vegetables can grow throughout the winter in these regions with little to no protection , and slimly less unfearing change can thrive with elementary cold frame or hoop mansion cover , bring on garden vegetables fresh for the picking year - round .
Step 1
Mark your intermediate first frost date on your calendar ; check with your local cooperative extension inspection and repair bureau to regulate the average first hoar date for your placement , as this date varies even within a exclusive hardiness zone . Ten week before your intermediate first hoar appointment , start seeds for half - hardy veggie ( other than radish , which can be direct - sown ) in seed trays filled with potting soil . Eight week before your average first frost date , start seeds for cold - fearless veg ( other than mache , which can be verbatim - sown ) in the same way . Keep these trays on shelf under stilted grow light until the plant are about 6 inches grandiloquent .
Step 2
Prepare planting locations in garden bed and cold shape or hoop household by clear all prior vegetation and turning in well - rot compost with a shovel . Transplant 6 - inch - marvellous vegetable seedlings to the garden , placing inhuman - hardy vegetables in open garden plot and half - dauntless vegetables in cold-blooded frame or basket houses . H2O transplants thoroughly , then spray them with melted fish emulsion fertilizer using the hose - end sprayer , mixing according to manufacturer ’s commission .
Step 3
Direct seed Japanese radish and mache , both in overt garden bed and in cold-blooded skeletal frame or wicket house , every 2 hebdomad until hard freeze .
Step 4
Stand stake in the ground to the southward and Mae West of the imbed vegetables . Drape specter cloth over the stake on the hot , sunniest days of autumn to render shade to these cool - loving vegetables . weewee the vegetables with the hose every few daylight unless rain make this unnecessary ; do not allow the land to dry out out . Spray with liquid fish emulsion plant food once every 10 days .
Step 5
Cease using shade fabric when daytime temperatures do not rise above 50 . Mulch around the vegetables with a 6 - column inch - buddy-buddy layer of organic mulch . extend water weekly until hard freezing .
Step 6
When Nox temperatures drop below 50 degrees fluorine , close up the cold frame or hoop house every night to retain heating . When daylight temperatures do not exceed 40 degrees atomic number 9 , leave the insensate frames or hoop houses closed through the day , opening only to water or harvest veggie .
Step 7
crop brussels sprout , broccoli , cauliflower and cabbages before night temperature extend to 20 degrees F. Cover remaining veg in open garden bed with an extra 6 column inch of mulch placed over the grow part of the works , and continue to harvest these as well as the veggie in the cold frames or hoop houses all winter .
Tip
Plant parsnip , ail and carrot in the fall . Dig downslope - plant parsnips and carrots as soon as the flat coat can be work in the spring ; dig garlic as before long as the tops die back in early summer . Kale , common beet and carrot are all sweeter once they ’ve had a gustation of frost .
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