I remember that feeling of planning a home before the home is even “your home”! I hope you guys find the perfect place, also, I am beyond jealous of your nice weather.

Allison, I think our garden light situation sounds identical. I can’t grow tomatoes or peppers on that side of my house, but I’ve had great success with greens, radishes, carrots, herbs and cucumbers. It’s a nice little salad garden. The square foot method makes it all seem doable too, I would highly recommend it.

Hey Kristin, I haven’t consider it. I have tried growing cabbage in my garden before and it doesn’t mature all the way before winter so I would be wary of other plants that require long grown periods. Does Kohlrabi require an entire season to grow?

Hi Erin, Sorry I have been so lame about responding this week – I got really busy at home and am just getting back to my computer now.

Thanks for the tip and link on the salad bed cold frame, that will be something I check out for sure. Usually around August I become a bad gardener, and only put half my heart into it.

Jasmine! Sorry it has taken me so long to get around to comments this week. Thank you for your input. I still have my cart open at parkseed, I’m just making a few last decisions but I will for sure go check out Fedco Seeds before I place my order.

I wish I knew as much about seeds as you do – I am so curious about seed saving – I’ll have to do some internet research. Let me know how it goes for you at the end of the summer.

Yes, Kohlrabi does grow well here too but I don’t love it. The asian greens are fantastic. We live in Chinatown in downtown Boston and my garden is in the “Chinese” Community garden. So we have great seeds available in our markets for choys, mizuna, choho which all grow well (no bolting) and are delicious. The gardeners around me produce 3 full rotations of food in their gardens. It is kind of wonderful to be around. Hope the salad bar is a success!