What to Plant: January and February

While it may feel like winter we're getting close to prime planting season for our coastal, Mediterranean climate. Aren't you lucky you need to pull weeds while your friends are shoveling snow? Look at how long the list is for February!! I'm expecting all gardeners to have their plots planted by March 31.

January

Collard greens (after Jan 15)

Leeks

Onion (seeds)
Onion (sets)
Mustard greens (after Jan 15)
Radishes
Radish, Daikon
Rhubarb (bare root)
Turnips

Worth trying:
Artichoke (rootstock)
Cabbage plants (after Jan 15)
Carrots
Chard
Fava Beans
Garlic (sets)
Lettuce
Peas
Shallots (sets)

February

Beets

Broccoli (plants)

Cabbage (plants)

Cauliflower (plants)
Carrots (after Feb 15)

Chard (after Feb 15)
Collards
Kohlrabi

Leeks
Lettuce (after Feb 15)
Mustard Greens

Onions (sets)

Parsnip (after Feb. 15)
Peas
Potato tubers (after Feb. 15)
Radish, Daikon

Radishes

Spinach (you only have a 6 week window starting Feb. 1 for best spinach growing)
Turnips

Worth trying:
Cabbage (plants)
Carrots (Feb 1-15)
Cauliflower
Chard (Feb 1-15)
Chinese Cabbage
Garlic (sets)
Lettuce (Feb 1-15)

Photos from Nov 15 Plot Checks

Do you recognize any of these as your plants?!

While I don't generally recommend peppers, this plant has a decent crop!

Nice looking striped summer squash- if your plant survives the powdery mildew of summer, you can often get zucchini through Thanksgiving, if you aren't sick of them yet ;)

Lovely, deep red chicories-a perfect winter crop.

These always remind me of space ships- kohlrabi. One of many 'cole' crops we grow- all relations of the early field cabbages.
Brassica is a genus of plants in the mustard family (Brassicaceae). The members of the genus are collectively known as cruciferous vegetables, cabbages, or mustards. Crops from this genus are sometimes called cole crops, which is derived from the Latin caulis, meaning stem or cabbage.^{[1]- from Wikipedia}

While you are not supposed to let you vegetables go to seed instead of harvesting them, this is a very pretty artichoke flower- but it is a thistle which means the seeds will be likely to fly everywhere. Best to cut the artichokes and eat them!