Video: Tips on Growing Cool Season Crops

cool season crops, cabbage
cool season crops, fava beans

Are you new to gardening? Or anxious to try new vegetables? If so, you’ll definitely want to watch my newest video on growing cool season crops.

Before I proceed, are you wondering which crop features those cool flowers in the photo? Those belong to fava beans!

Those are veggies that you can start growing early in the spring or plant later for the fall months. Perhaps you’ve grown a few of them already, but it’s always fun to try new things.

Here’s a list of the types of cool season crops I’m referring to:

  • Fava beans
  • Beets
  • Broccoli
  • Brussels sprouts
  • Cabbage
  • Carrots
  • Cauliflower
  • Collards
  • Kale
  • Kohlrabi
  • Leeks
  • Lettuce
  • Mustard
  • Onions
  • Pak choi
  • Parsnips
  • Peas
  • Potatoes
  • Radishes
  • Rutabagas
  • Shallots
  • Spinach
  • Swiss chard
  • Turnips

As you know, I garden in Spokane, Wash. which has a hardiness zone of 5b to 6a. We have hot, dry summers. This means there are two cool season crops that don’t grow well here: Brussels sprouts and cauliflower. If you can grow them in your location, I’m envious!

In this video, I share a lot of growing tips with you. I knew there was no way I could go into great detail for every single vegetable. Otherwise, this video would be 2 hours long! Fortunately, my Grow Vegetables guide on this website is a great resource for you. Just go to the link and scroll down to the chart of vegetables that are covered in it. There are helpful tips and details on every crop.

During the video, I mentioned how we deal with slugs, cabbage worms, aphids and leafminers. As you probably already know, I wrote The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook which is all about dealing with damaging insects organically. That book and my other book, The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook are in my Amazon store. (As an Amazon Associate, I earn a commission from qualifying purchases. However, that will not impact the price you pay in the least.)

And last but certainly not least, here’s my video on growing cool-season crops:

Did you enjoy this video? I have over gardening 600 videos on my YouTube channel. I also have a Vegetable Gardening Videos playlist so you can pick and choose videos on this topic.