![]() ![]() ![]() Planting fall crops lets you continue growing fresh, healthy food at home-plus, there is nothing like home-grown crisp, leafy lettuce.A large part of our market day is spent educating people about the possibilities. These are the folks that do a marathon planting session on Memorial Day weekend and then scratch “planting the garden” off their to do list-done for the year! They don’t realize that many crops can be put in the ground before that traditional planting day and others need to be planted later when they can mature in colder weather. Most give me the fish eye like I am trying to put something over on them. For me, fall in the garden is a second spring because we are harvesting spring veggies again! There are many vegetables which can take advantage of that still-warm soil and thrive in cooler weather, especially those hardy heroes! Why Plant a Garden for Fall?Įvery year, I try to convince my farmers’ market customers that they should be planting their fall gardens, but I don’t have many takers. Plus, here are cool-weather favorites that get better after a nip of frost.Īlbert Camus said that autumn is a second spring because every leaf is a flower. Plant a second crop of lettuce, radishes, and spinach to harvest in the fall. There are still heaps of time left for a second harvest.
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