shrugs I have never done this before, but am beginning this year. Planting kohl rabi, turnips, radishes, purple curly kale and swede.
Thanks for sharing your successes, everyone! :)

That west coast seed link is awesome, thanks! I just bought a pack of purple sprouting broccoli seeds— will plant soon and after planting would be happy to send you any extras, bcgarden! Last year I planted them sept 1 and some plants produced sprouts in early spring and some are only producing sprouts now. I am ordered by my family to plant a lot more this year. I just need my spring carrot planting to hurry up and mature so I can use that space. I have also harvested greens from the broccoli leaves.

puu thanks. Hadnt thought about Scorzonera hispanica (black salsify)—sounds interesting. Let us know how the compost pile works out.

ooh! i’ve got three kales & collards that i just started & i plan to keep them going. i looooooooove kale! also interested in sprouting broccoli & kohlrabi.
do people have tips about where to grow? we have a patio in full sun that is for containers & raised beds in part sun.

bois… I got them from City People’s, a seattle gardening store that carries locally produced seed like Ed Hume, Territorial.
Both Territorial and Ed Hume produce purple sprouting broccoli seed.

bois—i think the more sun the better, in the winter. This time of year part shade is probably fine. Greens and broccoli like fertile soil, regular water.

@KathN, yeah, this chart is perfect for our climate in the PNW. I love that they are so close, so I know the climate they grow their seeds in is the same as mine. :) I hate it when I read a seed packet that tells me to sow something, for example, “…in April when the soil has warmed up…” and I’m like, “WTF? The soil doesn’t really warm up until June or July!”. Although, this year we are still waiting for that warmth, eh? hahaha… :/ o well!

there is alos this planting chart http://westsidegardener.com/quick/winter_veggies.html

How are everyone’s winter gardens doing? I dont have much to harvest yet, except kale, green onions, chard, parsely, and arugula. The corn salad i must have planted too late as it is alive but still puny. Lettuces and peas got pretty munched, probably by slugs, so i am only getting a little. I have great hopes for the purple sprouting broccoli as the plants are huge. My fall broccoli and fall brussels sprouts only just now are producing small heads. Maybe i didnt fertilize them enough. The snow and cold didn’t seem to bother anything.

Rhubarb is breaking dormancy.

I’m now starting a few starts for spring indoors —lettuces, celeriac, asparagus, raab, pak choi. probably too early but i figured i can grow these indoors under lights in containers as long as necessary.
I also started caraway outdoors in containers and it sprouted and the little babies weren’t bothered at all by the snow.

Now the winter garden is producing a lot—Purple Sprouting broccoli is very close to harvest, and I am regularly picking lettuces, mustard greens, corn salad, arugula, kale, green onions, chives, parsely, chervil, rhubarb, and the flower buds from the bolting brassicas which are good in stir fry.