James it seems like you could make good use of a small green house. You could get a few crops like onions started a month earlier and let them grow a month longer and get a better crop.
This year I planted onions seeds early I think early March. Planted onion sets in May too. I made no notes just planted and forgot about to see what happens. Seeds did almost as good at the sets.
About 1985 I had a double glass sliding patio door. I hilled soil up high enough to lay glass against the soil hill at about 45 degree angle then shovel soil at both ends to close off both ends to make a tiny green house. I did not plant anything few months later there was a good crop of grass. I decided if grass grows that good all winter next year I plant vegetables. I planted about 10 garlic, few onions, few carrots, they did good.
1976 I worked with a man in Illinois he built 10 wooden boxes with glass at 45 degree angle to plant winter crops. With 8" of snow on the glass sun light goes through the snow into the box his plants grew very well.
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jal_ut
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Here in high dry Utah, we usually get June, July and August frost free. Maybe a week on either end. So around 110 days frost free. When winter hits we often get temperatures down to minus ten or so. No we are not going to grow any plants in winter here.
Onions are not the problem. It is tomatoes and peppers that need a boost. IOW you need to start them in a green house for transplanting out about first of June after all danger of frost is gone.
Onions: I plant seed for little green onions. If let to go full season they make bulbs about walnut size. If I plant some small dry onion sets, they will make some very large bulbs.
Onions are not the problem. It is tomatoes and peppers that need a boost. IOW you need to start them in a green house for transplanting out about first of June after all danger of frost is gone.
Onions: I plant seed for little green onions. If let to go full season they make bulbs about walnut size. If I plant some small dry onion sets, they will make some very large bulbs.
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We have 6 months of rain and over cast gray skies fall to spring. I keep lots of summer weather photos to remember what nice weather is like. 3 more month until garden season.
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