10 Lessons from Famous Gardens: #4 Succession plant edibles.
To enjoy the fresh fruits and vegetables you love for a longer period of time throughout the year, try staggering your plantings. Thomas Jefferson did this at his garden—Monticello in Charlottesville, Virginia—and was able to enjoy fresh vegetables almost all through the winter. In his General Gardening Calendar, Jefferson advises: “a thimbleful of lettuce [seed] should be sowed every Monday from February 1st to September 1st.”
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Monticello’s garden features tansy, ‘Green Globe’ artichoke, scarlet runner beans, tree onions & tomatoes.
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See more lessons by clicking the link in our bio under “Design.” Photo by Robert Llewellyn.
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