Vanisle_BC
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Location: Port Alberni, B.C. Canada, Zone 7 (+?)

Plants for late sowing?

What are the most useful things I can plant now/soon - mid August - here on Vancouver island; zone 7 or 7b ?

I will do overwintering things (some already started) including:
Purple sprouting broccoli
O/W Cauliflower Galleon
Garlic
Broad beans Windsor

Also:
Parsnip Hollow Crown (already half grown)
Lettuce Winter Density
Cabbage Danish Ballhead
Daikon Miyashige
Peas various - a real gamble

We've been having a strange July & August - generally cool with days as low as 16C but swinging as high as 35 - a real roller-coaster, on average cooler than normal and with very little rain.

What else would you suggest to start now, for late or next-year harvest?



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