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Onions, leeks and tubers can be harvested all winter. Gourds stay fresh for a long time even without refrigeration. Of course there is such a thing as planting
by gatherhunterer 8y ago
Onions, leeks and tubers can be harvested all winter. Gourds stay fresh for a long time even without refrigeration. Of course there is such a thing as planting season but it is perfectly feasible to be an avid gardener in a cold climate. No one is asking you to grow oranges but there are heirloom tomatoes and many other summer crops that can thrive in Minnesota. Having the soil be almost unusable all winter is good for the soil. It’s some of the best dirt in the world. If New Yorkers who don’t own a single inch of outdoor property can grow tomatoes then so can anyone anywhere in the midwest.
- astrodust 8y agoSure, like you can just go out there with a pick-axe and try and get your potatoes because the ground is frozen solid.
- gatherhunterer 8y agoAside from being a shallow dismissal this comment demonstrates an unmistakable unfamiliarity with the subject. How one can have such a strong opinion on something they know so little about is beyond me. Frozen dirt is brittle and easy to dislodge, it is only difficult if you need to dig a post hole or something of limited width.
- astrodust 8y agoYou clearly have not experienced an actual winter, just some weak-sauce facsimile, the sort you might get in northern Virginia. If I wanted to get potatoes right now from the back yard dirt I'd have to remove about two feet of hard-packed ice and snow, then chisel into dirt that may as well be concrete. At least solid ice and concrete respect a pick. Wet, frozen dirt just shrugs it off. Let me remind you that this year in places like Minnesota it was -60°F outside. Good luck getting anything out of the ground in those conditions. Even a backhoe is going to have trouble. I'd suggest using dynamite, but at those temperatures even dynamite won't work without being heated up first.
- gatherhunterer 8y agoGatekeeping, intentionally mis-stating the opposing view and quick edits. This is a troll trifecta.
- dang 8y agoPlease don't cross into snark or personal swipes. Your comment would be just fine without the bits at the beginning and end. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html