The cooler temps we’ve been experiencing set me to thinking about my fall garden. We still have okra, peppers, onions, and a few tomatoes growing/producing from our summer garden.
Determined to continue planting by the zodiac signs-I planted my root crops on Monday. Beets, radishes, and turnips were on my list-and now they’re all in the ground. Hopefully over the coming weekend-when the signs are right for above ground crops-I’ll add mustard greens and lettuce to the mix.
I feel lucky to live in a climate where you can sneak in another growing season-of cool weather plants. So many folks barely get one growing season. Then there are the folks who can grow gardens year round-hard for me to imagine. Recently, Garland, a friend who lives in Hawaii was telling me how he once kept a okra plant alive-and producing for 3 years-wow.
So what about you-are you able to plant a fall garden or garden year round?
Tipper
15 Comments
Becky
September 9, 2010 at 11:46 amYes, I live in an area that I can plant a fall garden. I just don’t have the time to get it done.
I bought some lettuce seeds the other day and I’m hoping to find a minute or two and scratch up a place to plant them.
Vicki Lane
September 8, 2010 at 7:56 pmAs soon as I get done canning tomatoes, I need to get at least a little lettuce in the ground.
Tipper
September 8, 2010 at 6:30 pmKen-Yes those are white onions. I probably need to pull them up to dry soon. No mushrooms so far-it may be next spring before we get any-but you can be sure I’ll let everyone know.
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William
September 8, 2010 at 5:57 pmI have been enjoying your blog for awhile, this is my first comment. My father often sets out late tomatoes and we have them at Thanksgiving if we have a late winter. He often has to protect them from a frost or two, but they are sure worth the effort at Thanksgiving lunch. We live in Mississippi. Really been enjoying your blog.
Miss Cindy
September 8, 2010 at 5:27 pmTipper, I’m gonna try some Red Chard in a big pot here. You know I have no garden space but did ok with my Cherry Tomato plant in the big pot so have decided to try the Chard. I just love lightly steamed Red Chard!
Ethel
September 8, 2010 at 4:16 pmYes Tipper, you are lucky to have a longer growing season! Ours is only about four months long. The closest I can get to a “second season” is pulling up some of the less productive green beans and putting in lettuce. Depending on how fast winter closes in I may have fresh salads through October. It will be interesting to see how the fall planting by the signs goes!
Ken
September 8, 2010 at 3:18 pmTipper,
Are those white onions that look
so healthy in the top picture? My
onions came up, looked good, then
all died at my other garden. I don’t have any heart left for a
fall garden, wish you luck though.
I’m waiting to see your mushrooms
you and the deer hunter prepared real early this spring…Ken
sandra
September 8, 2010 at 2:37 pmkeep planting and snapping photos and blogging, i love all the memories i get when i come here. in KY when a child, a family had a fence that was covered in tommy toes. I would eat until i could hold no more. the ones in the store do not compare. wish I were close enough to help you finish them off before cold weather comes
Pat in east TN
September 8, 2010 at 1:43 pmBecause my summer garden didn’t fare too well due to the heat and lack of rain, I planted my fall garden in the beginning of August, according to the signs, and everything is up now and producing like mad. I was also afraid to wait until September for fear it wouldn’t make it … so many years the cold/frost killed everything early.
Tipper
September 8, 2010 at 12:10 pmVera-I don’t think it’s too late for you to plant turnips. I planted mine later in Sept last year and they did fine. And our first frost date usually happens quite a bit before yours.
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Tipper
September 8, 2010 at 12:06 pmStacey-most stores here don’t sell seeds in the fall either. The ones that do-are usually feed stores. If you have a feed store in your area-you could check it out for seeds.
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Rick
September 8, 2010 at 11:44 amNo, sorry to say I don’t have enough land to plant on but it does bring back a lot of memories from when I was growing up so it is nice to read how your doing.
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Stacey
September 8, 2010 at 11:42 amI never knew that you could plant later in the year. I really didn’tknow that there were some plants that preferred the cooler days until just this past season. Problem here is that all the plants & seeds are gone from the stores. Guess they don’t recognize the second round, therefore, I will be trying to learn what I can about saving seeds so I won’t have to depend on the stores.
Kayla Crisp
September 8, 2010 at 10:50 amBest of luck with your fall garden. Just one month until fall festival!
Vera Guthrie
September 8, 2010 at 10:44 amLooking at the calendar root crops can be planted on the 27th and 28th, will it be too late to plant Turnips?
Thanks!!