What can you plant in the cold? Here it is in the 30s and blowing snow even though it's spring! I have 3 kinds of lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cabbage, 3 kinds of onions and garlic all doing well. These can also be planted in the shade when it warms or you can use a makeshift shade to keep direct sun off them. I also have sugar snap peas planted and they have sprouted, but not taking off as much as I'd like to see.
My raised beds are built like mini-hoop houses. I use black weed block to drape over the top part of the hoops only so a little tunnel is created. The plants get indirect sunlight and plenty of air and rain that way. This was the only way I successfully planted broccoli last year after many previous years of planting, but having it bolt due to heat. The problem where I live is that it might be 30 degrees and blowing snow today, but by the weekend, it will be in the 70s and then may get cold again!
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