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While someplants can grow in full shade, veggies dont fit into that category.

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Plant seeds 1/2 inch deep and one inch apart, thinning seedlings to 2 to 3 inches apart.

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Plant seeds 1/4 inch deep and in rows 1 inch apart before thinning seedlings to 6 inches apart.

For a fall harvest, sow seeds in July.

Cold hardy vegetables, like cauliflower and other brassicas, are prone to bolting in hotter climes.

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This premature flowering can render your carefully tended vegetables inedible.

Growing them in a partial shade position in hotter regions can keep bolting at bay.

Carrots

Sow carrot seedsin the spring after soil temperatures reach 40F and right through to mid-summer.

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Space seedlings 8 to 12 inches apart in rows that are 12 to 18 inches apart.

Sow seeds 1/2 inch deep and then thin to 3 inches apart in rows that are 12 inches apart.

Plant them for a spring or fall harvest that takes 60 to 80 days to mature.

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Expect a fall harvest three to five weeks after planting in early September.

Jerusalem Artichokes

Sowthese perennial plant seedsin the spring in soil 2 to 4 inches deep.

Thin to allow 15 to 24 inches between seedlings in rows that are 30 to 42 inches wide.

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Expect to harvest Jerusalem artichokes around 130 days after planting.

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Kale growing alongside other leafy greens in soil

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Purple turnips in the ground

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Jerusalem artichokes pulled from ground and resting on soil with roots exposed

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