Subarctic Short-Season Gardening: Twenty-Hour Days, Cold Soil and Fast Crops

Fall-Planted Hardneck Garlic Overwinters Under Deep Mulch in Subarctic Gardens Only Long-Day Onion Varieties Bulb Properly at Subarctic Latitudes Root Cellars Store Subarctic Harvests Near Freezing at High Humidity Long Subarctic Days and Cool Nights Grow Giant Matanuska Valley Cabbages Long Days Raise Daily Water Use in Dry Interior Subarctic Summers Spinach and Radish Bolt Quickly Under Subarctic Midnight Sun Unless Bolt-Resistant Greenhouse Climate Control Next Season's Subarctic Seedlings Start Indoors Under Grow Lights in Late Winter Day-Neutral Strawberries Fruit All Subarctic Summer While June-Bearers Lag Hardy Perennial Berries Survive Subarctic Winters Insulated by Snow Cover Cold Boreal Soils Release Nitrogen Too Slowly for Fast Subarctic Crops Potatoes Thrive in Subarctic Summers Because Tubers Form Best in Cool Soil