I start planting cole crops in the fall and stagger planting them into February and this year even set some out in March and they did well because spring weather was much cooler than normal here. Sometimes my fall crop gets killed by early freezes or heads too soon because of a sudden heat wave. During the winter I make small hoops to cover my beds during really cold nights. If it gets cold enough even that won't protect them but it usually works in our mild winters. No matter how funky the weather is by staggering planting dates some of them will work out great and others will do terrible but you can never tell from year to year which plant out time will work that year.
Bill
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