The doctrines of Chinese medicine are rooted in books such as the Yellow Emperor's Inner Canon and the Treatise on Cold Damage, as well as in cosmological notions such as yin-yang and the five phases.
The vegetables you can grow in the winter in Georgia depends on where you live. If you live in the Blue Ridge Mountains up north, the winter temperatures can dive to 0 to 5 degrees Fahrenheit. If you live in the middle of Georgia, you can grow a wider range of vegetables, including Vidalia-style sweet onions.
There is an increasing number of pick-your-own enterprises around most of the state's metropolitan areas. Vegetable production in Georgia takes place in some form during every month of the year. Winter crops produced in south Georgia include onions, cabbage, turnips, mustard greens, collards, kale, and carrots. Spring and fall crops of peppers, tomatoes, squash, snap beans, eggplant, cabbage, and leafy greens are common.