At this time of year, what vegetables would grow best in my area?

I live in Pacifica, California, where it is quite foggy most of the time, with mild raining and sometimes cold winters. I just started a garden in my backyard. At this time of year, what vegetables would grow best in my area?

— Sherry Murphy
Pacifica, California

You're in luck, Sherry! We just launched a helpful new service called "What to Plant Now." Begin by choosing your area on the regional gardening map, and then choose the current month to see which vegetables you should be focusing on right now. If you still have questions, please post them in the comments section of your regional planting pages.

— Tabitha Alterman, Mother Earth News

Comments

Carol 5/29/2009 6:08:18 PM

HI Sherry!
Even though by USDA standards we are in the South West, we know how
cold our nights and summers are! So do yourself a favor and get the
Sunset Gardening book which understands how our micro-climates work:
"if you don't like the weather DRIVE 5 miles".
Also, try San Francisco Fog tomatoes. It was the first tomato that could
successfully produce fruit in San Francisco (and Pacifica!) Very short
season (55 days to fruit from transplanting), very cold hardy, light shade/foggy
days tolerant.
Also, ask at your local nursery (not Home Depot nor Lowes nor WalMart) what
THEY recommend.
I'm in Fremont and while we're not as foggy as you are, we have overcast skies until noon all summer, so warm weather veggies all just take longer to grow.

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