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Pacific Northwest Region

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“I’d come home in the evening and pick, wash, and stack the day’s ripe produce. The following morning (while I was at work), Angie’d gather up books, jars, canning gear, worry beads, the phone (to call for advice) and ..(gulp!)..can! The next day, Ang’d do the picking, washing and stacking. Then, when I got home, I’d grab the books, phone, canner, worry beads…and take my chances. When we finally saw each other on weekends, all we could talk about was “Where did you get that idea?”, “Wow, did you write that down?”, and “Oh! So that’s the way you’re supposed to do it.”

Jay Williams, Live "Country" in the City

Issue #60, November/December 1979

 To read more about what to plant in other months and regions, visit our What to Plant Now home page.


 

Top Crops for Pacific Northwest Gardening:
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Here are the Top Ten crops for the Pacific Northwest, followed by other recommended crops, as rated in our National Survey of Most Productive Garden Crops. (The criteria for selection include ease of culture, efficient use of garden space and time, ease of storage and desirability at the table.) The recommended crops are sorted by plant family to help you plan rotations so that the same plant families are not grown consecutively in the same area, as much as possible.

Top 10 Crops: Pacific Northwest

1. Pole snap bean
2. Snow/snap pea
3. Potato
4. Garlic
5. Cherry tomato
6. Summer squash
7. Chard
8. Lettuce
9. Onion
10. Carrot

Other Highly Recommended Crops:

Cabbage family:  Collards, kale, kohlrabi

Cucumber family:  Cucumberpumpkinwinter squash

Leafy greens:  Arugulamache, mustard (all types), pac choi, sorrel, spinach

Legumes:  Snap beans (bush), dry soup beans

Root crops:  Shallot, sunchokes

Tomato family:  Hot peppers, tomatillo

Miscellaneous:  Artichoke, leek, rhubarb, scallion

VEGETABLES

Sow Indoors  

Sow Outdoors 

Transplant

Arugula

 

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Bok choy (pac choi)

 

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CollardsXXX

Lettuce

 

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Mache XXX 
Mustard XXX 
OnionsXXX XXX

Radishes

 

XXX

 

Scallion (green onion) 

 

 

XXX

Spinach XXX 

COVER CROPS

Sow Indoors  

Sow Outdoors 

Transplant

Alfalfa

XXX 

Clover, crimson

XXX 
Hairy vetchXXX 

Oats

 XXX 

Pea, winter

 

 XXX

 

Rye, winter XXX
Wheat XXX 

RESOURCES

* To learn more about when to sow seeds (indoors and outdoors) or when to transplant your seedlings to the garden, see: Know When to Plant What: Find Your Average Last Spring Frost Date.

* To learn more about how to start seeds, check out Seed-starting Basics. For a primer on how to transplant seedlings, see Garden Transplanting: Expert Advice.

* Find garden seeds from great mail-order companies with our Plant and Seed Finder.

* Learn more about high-quality seeds and great seed companies in Best Seeds for a Bigger, Better Garden and Best Garden Seed Companies, or through our seed company directory

* You might also try swapping seeds locally.

* For tips on growing everything from apples to zucchini, see our Organic Gardening homepage.


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