Right plant, right place

Cool season crops:  arugula, kale, chard, mustard, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, beets, carrots, lettuce, radishes, spinach, potato, leeks, Florence fennel, Brussels sprouts, many hardy greens, broccoli raab

Shade tolerant (in high summer): lettuce, cabbage, chervil, chives, cilantro, chard, kale, broccoli, peas, bush beans, mustard, bok choy, sorrel, mint,

Drought tolerant: Many cool season crops can be raised on seasonal rain. Some crops require deep watering to start to encourage deep roots that allow them to withstand later dry periods; these plants are well suited to PNW growing conditions.  Late season tomatoes, purslane, ground cherries, woody herbs

Continuously bearing crops: chard, kale, pole beans, cucumbers, summer squash, broccoli, indeterminate tomatoes, Japanese eggplants, cutting herbs (chives, basil, dill, parsley, mint)

Sample Successions:

• overwintered chard – spring peas – summer/winter squash;
• early lettuce – beans – fall cabbages;
• arugula and hearty greens – tomatoes – overwintering mache and more winter greens;
• early fava beans – corn – overwintering green manure;
• overwintered kale – beets & carrots – overwintered fava beans.

Perennials: asparagus, many herbs, rhubarb, strawberries, cane berries, blueberries, fruit trees, artichoke, bunching onion, sorrel, Jerusalem artichoke