Fall garden 2020

[AnnieA]

Starting prepping my beds this week and seed potatoes are going into grow bags this week. Also am planting kale, lettuce and succession plantings of broccoli, carrots, cabbage this week. Will add more over the next month.

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

@AnnieA , I wish I could start a fall garden but I am still harvesting so many veggies I can't pull anything out. When it is time it usually is to late. Generally we get one hard frost that knocks everything out and then we have Indian summer. It is very risky to try for a fall garden.

 

[RadishRose]

Ruth I read that Brussels sprouts taste sweeter after they've gone through one frost. Is that true?

 

[Ruth n Jersey]

@RadishRose , I heard that also but never had any luck growing them. The couple of times I tried they got full of worms. I don't need the added protein. lol

 

[Keesha]

@RadishRose , I heard that also but never had any luck growing them. The couple of times I tried they got full of worms. I don't need the added protein. lol

Haha. Ditto. And once you’ve experienced that it puts you off growing them again. Let someone else grow them. My cucumbers are starting to become ready now.
@added protein

 

[AnnieA]

@AnnieA , I wish I could start a fall garden but I am still harvesting so many veggies I can't pull anything out. When it is time it usually is to late. Generally we get one hard frost that knocks everything out and then we have Indian summer. It is very risky to try for a fall garden.

One of the upsides of living where it's hot as hades half the year... We don't generally get a frost until mid November. The challenge is to keep stuff well watered as we plant when it's this hot. September is our driest month and is still hot.