![]() ![]() The dates are also very crop specific, and I’ll explain this in more detail in chapter 4. Thus the choice of precise sowing dates for fall planting is much more crucial than for spring planting. Success in maintaining a continuity of crops for harvest through the winter is a function of understanding the effect of shorter day length and cooler temperatures on increasing the time from sowing to harvest. Day length is contracting rather than expanding temperatures are becoming cooler rather than warmer. The reality of sowing for winter harvest is that the seasons are reversed from the usual spring-planting experience. We begin planting the winter-harvest crops on August 1, the start of what we call the “second spring.” We continue planting through the fall. In midwinter the vigorous regrowth on cut-and-come-again crops provides the harvest while late-fall-and-winter-sown crops slowly reach productive size. The choice of sowing dates, from late summer through late fall, and winter into spring, keeps the cornucopia flowing. Succession planting means sowing vegetables more than once during a season in order to provide for a continual harvest. They reach a higher level of perfection without the heat stress of summer. (The most promising vegetables, those with which we have the most experience, are discussed individually in chapter 8.) The eating quality of these cold-hardy vegetables is unrivaled during the cooler temperatures of fall, winter, and spring. ![]() To date there are some thirty different vegetables-arugula, beet greens, broccoli raab, carrots, chard, chicory, claytonia, collards, dandelion, endive, escarole, garlic greens, kale, kohlrabi, leeks, lettuce, mâche, minutina, mizuna, mustard greens, pak choi, parsley, radicchio, radish, scallions, sorrel, spinach, tatsoi, turnips, watercress-which at one time or another we have grown in our winter-harvest greenhouses. The list of cold-hardy vegetables includes the familiar-spinach, chard, carrots, scallions-and the novel-mâche, claytonia, minutina, and arugula. The majority of them have far lower light requirements than the warm-season crops. They are often cultivated out of doors year-round in areas with mild winter climates. Cold-hardy vegetables are those that tolerate cold temperatures. The winter harvest, as we practice it at Four Season Farm, has three components: cold-hardy vegetables, succession planting, and protected cultivation. The following is an excerpt from The Winter Harvest Handbook by Eliot Coleman. There are lots of areas to take pictures and create memories that will last a lifetime.So you want to start reaping a winter harvest, but you’re not sure where to start? No, worries, we’ve got you covered!Įliot Coleman breaks down the three basic components of the winter harvest so that this time next year, you’ll be knee-high in produce! (Maybe not knee-high, but you’ll definitely have fresh vegetables!) Note: Trails are all compacted gravel so wheelchairs and/or strollers with all-terrain wheels should be able to navigate the paths. The displays and exhibits are illuminating, immersive, awesome, and some are interactive so that you can walk through them or play on them. You will be able to go around at your own pace. It will take about an hour to see everything. Most of the trail is on gentle, rolling terrain with a few minor elevation changes. The roughly one-mile trail winds through 14 acres of beautiful, enchanted hardwood forest. The basic concept of a Walk-Thru Light Show remains the same. ![]() Improved Facilities - More Porto Potties, More Groomed Trail, Better Signage, and More Areas for Groups to Meet and Congregate. You won't see them anywhere else!Īdded 50% More Parking Spots and made the Traffic Flow More Efficient. More One-Of-A-Kind, Creative Displays that were designed and built by our Artisans at the farm. Improved the Technology by adding Laser Light Shows, Fiber Optics, and Projection Light Shows We have made so many improvements this year, both in the actual light show and the way in which it operates.Īdded over 300,000 lights, taking us Over 1 Million Lights for the first time. Last year's show received rave reviews and extremely high ratings (4.9 out of 5.0) by those who visited. We have spent 3 years working on creating a Light Show that will deliver maximum enjoyment for our 2022 Visitors. We are so excited to present Winter Wonders 2022!! This is a World Class Light Show that will rival any Light Show in New England. ![]()
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