Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

That wouldn't be scarlet nantes carrots and golden beets would it? What can
you tell us about your Yukon Gold? We've found they don't even need peeling
or buttering. 

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 11/24/2006 at 9:00 PM Claudia & Linda wrote:

>We have potatoes, carrots, beets, turnips and parsnips planted.  Many of
>these were planted in early fall and we protect them with heavy mulch and
>row covers.  But we also have spinach, several types of lettuce, chard,
>broccoli, cabbage, winter greens, peas, and kale seedlings growing now and
>we protect them with mulch and row covers also.  This is the first time
>we've ever tried to keep cold season crops going thru the winter here
(Zone
>6) but our winters have averaged warmer lately (no global warming tho'!)
>and
>we have another gardener here now so it seemed worth a try.
>
>Our potatoes are Yukon Gold started from potatoes we harvested from the
>garden this summer.  The original seed potatoes were purchased locally.
>Seeds we planted were either saved from previous crops or ordered mostly
>from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, Bountiful Gardens, or Pinetree.   Almost
>all seeds planted were open-pollinated varieties.
>
>Claudia
>
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