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fall and winter gardening

This is the situation: two women starting an organic food growing operation in northern Vermont. We've got no resources secured besides the land.

My co-farmer has lots of book knowledge on the subject while I've got more in the experience department and I'm also a little heavy in the book knowledge department.

What we are planning:

We will be going up to start work on the land in September, definitely by the end - probably just in time to plant garlic. We are ambitiously planning to build a greenhouse or massive cold frame operation to sustain us through the winter and hopefully start providing some sort of cash flow to work with...

What I need to know: (besides any pertinent advice anyone might have)

What are good fall crops to sow for spring/summer harvest? (Besides garlic)

What are the best crops to grow in a greenhouse over the winter for distribution to restaurants and other establishments that will pay higher than a wholesale price? (I've read Coleman's Four Season Harvest and will need to read it again).

Are we overly ambitious to think that we can pull this all together in such a short amount of time?

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