DRAGONFLY NOOK · PNW GARDEN JOURNAL
Over-Wintering Plants to Grow in the PNW
Rain on the roof, seeds in the soil. A soggy-season love letter to the hardy greens, alliums and herbs that laugh at an Oregon winter.
SEEDS GOING IN THIS WEEKEND
Dragonfly Nook's Overwinter Garden List for Oregon
Thirteen cold-hardy heirlooms for damp, grey PNW months: roots, leafy greens, alliums and herbs.
Ha Gobo Burdock
Root Vegetable
Hyper Red Rumple Lettuce
Leafy Green
Pandero Lettuce
Leafy Green
Imai Early Yellow Onion
Allium
Tom Thumb Bibb Lettuce
Leafy Green
Tokyo Long White Scallion
Allium
Ice-Bred Arugula
Leafy Green
Verte de Cambria Mache
Salad Green
Hon Tsai Tsai
Asian Brassica
Marshmallow
Medicinal Herb
Fenugreek
Culinary Herb
Cilantro
Culinary Herb
Chives
Perennial Herb
While the tomatoes, peppers, and zinnias finish up their end-of-year blooms, I'll be mulching in compost and worm castings. Once I've harvested the final fruits for the year, I'll clip those plants down to the soil and let the roots turn back into soil. Meanwhile, while we wait for that to happen, I'm going to take advantage of the cover left by the tomato bushes and vines and start sowing these seeds right into the ground.
~ Over-Wintering Plants to Grow in the PNW ~
Oregon winters are soggy, gray and surprisingly gentle — perfect for hardy greens that laugh at drizzle. Sow cold-loving seeds now, tuck beds under mulch or row cover, raise them up for drainage, and let the slow, cool months sweeten every leaf. Come early spring, you'll be harvesting while the neighbors are still dreaming in seed catalogs.
Dragonfly Nook's Overwinter Garden List for Oregon
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Ha Gobo Burdock
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Chives
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Cilantro
- Hyper Red Rumple Lettuce
- Pandero Lettuce
- Imai Early Yellow Onion
- Tom Thumb Bibb Lettuce
- Tokyo Long White Scallion
- Ice-Bred Arugula
- Verte de Cambrai Mâche
- Hon Tsai Tsai
- Marshmallow
- Fenugreek
All of these seeds came from our beloved friends at Free Heirloom Seeds.