Winter still hasn’t arrived this year, so I’m not expecting much from my fruit trees next summer, with virtually no chill hours. So I decided I should pay a little more attention to my vegetable garden again to keep my land from going to waste. I got the fluorescent lights set up in the kitchen and started a slew of seeds for a late-January planting:
- Winter Density, Buttercrunch, Matina Sweet, Simpson, Emerald Oak, Ithaca, and Red Iceberg lettuce
- Russian Red and Dwarf Blue kale
- Ruby Red Swiss chard
- Early Wonder and Perfected Detroit beets
- Copenhagen Market cabbage
- assorted broccolis
- chives
- Red Robin and Green Feast scallions
I also planted four dozen strawberry crowns around my kiwi and avocado plants, a dozen each of Albion, Chandler, Seascape, and Sequoia. It’s probably too hot here for them to really thrive, but I figure with so many of them I’m bound to at least get some fruit.
I’d typically have finished my seed shopping by this late in the year, but I’ve been saving that task to keep me busy after I have my surgery next month. I’m considering devoting an entire bed to basil plants.





















