Question by Soy Flanders: Me and my brother are attempting to grow an herb garden for winter in our area HELP!?
I live in Wonder Valley, CA somewhere near Sanger and Kingsburg and Fresno (and Miramonte, and Dunlap) and I need all the herbs that you know of that will and can tough out a winter up here…help me out please! Thanks so much.
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Answer by Cakes
It looks like most anything would if it had a cover at night. glass or plastic tacked on wooden frames. or just a sheet thrown on when you know it will be freezing.
here is where they talk about ur temps:
http://www.wunderground.com/history/airport/KNXP/2000/1/14/MonthlyHistory.html?req_city=NA&req_state=NA&req_statename=NA
when you know your climate then you can know your zone:
http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/hzm-sw1.html
it looks like ur temps qualify you to be in zone 9.
a few lists of herbs for zone 9:
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=zone+9+herbs+list&ei=utf-8&fr=b1ie7
u could try and see if ur local extension site has info for you:
http://ucanr.org/ce.cfm
here is a nice extension site with good general garden info:
http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/index.html
i particularly recommend green sweet garden peas for growing in the winter. the best kind i found is “early perfection”.
garden websites often have seed trading boards also places to talk about growing stuff:
http://www.dmoz.org/Home/Gardening/Forums_and_Online_Communities/
http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=seed+swap&ei=utf-8&fr=b1ie7
also if you want to try new varieties you can get research and breeding stock for free from the gov:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs/acc/acc_queries.html
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