Yes! Even in Northern Nevada it is possible to eat fresh local food in November

Until a couple of years ago I used to spend September getting ready to transition to the supermarket produce mind-set. Then I learned that it is possible to grow food even when it's cold outside. Now we get our fresh veggies from late season CSAs, and at least some of it from our own garden. Now you too can learn how to grow food during the cool season.


We started experimenting with growing in the cool season last year. Kale, chard, and bok choi were the most successful. The salsify and chicory grew but we don't call it a success because I didn't know what to do with it so it went into the compost pile. We planted the first round of the easy stuff (arugula, spinach, kale)a couple of weeks ago. It's coming up already....




This year we'll be expanding (hopefully) the season and the food variety using what we've learned from Eliot Coleman's new book The Winter Harvest Handbook.

I learn a lot just reading but sometimes it's nice to learn the community way...from an experienced instructor with a group of like-minded people (and perhaps a couple of skeptics) at a beautiful location with lots of real-life examples. The River School is offering it this way starting next week. Learn how to extend your own fresh local food beyond tomato season!



Cool Season Organic Gardening Series
All Classes on Saturdays from 10:00am-12:00pm
$12/per class



Sept. 12: Intro to Organic Gardening
Sept. 19: Composting & Worms
Sept. 26: Seed Starting for the Fall & Winter Garden
Oct. 3: Soil Analysis and Preparing Garden Beds
Oct. 10: Methods for Growing in Winter
Oct. 17: Planting, Seeding and Harvesting the Garden

Happy cool-weather gardening!