I live on the Columbia River, although we can get brutally cold weather, we can also have mild winters. Anything in the brassica family survives anything but the harshest winter. The tomato will have to be on the heated porch. I have snapdragon plants on my deck that are several years old.
I love brassicas we are able to grow red kale in N IL all winter unless it gets below -20 F
I spent a winter in Rantoul Illinois, I thought I knew what winter was, growing up on the northern Oregon border. I did not. Illinois taught me about winter.
Where you at the Air Force base? I live about 120 miles further north at it is much colder here, I went to school down in Central IL
Yes, my ex-husband was in the Air Force there. I got there the 1st week of Nov. It snowed a short time later & just kept adding more snow. & more snow, over & over. We didn't have a car until the day before we left, so my memories are snow, flat land, & pizza delivered in a red Pacer w a stem on top
Yeah Edmonton is real winter too.
Impressive!
We found it out by accident we had kale and 2 out of the last three winters is survived and we started getting greens in March
Kale & Collards over winter here easily. Cabbages are a little fickler.
I don't really like kale, but it's still cool :) Our garden boxes are usually covered with snow and ice from October or November- April/May, but I did have a strawberry plant I stuck in the dirt come back to life in May so that was fun. The sage and rosemary I stuck in there too didn't come back.
Nice.