What are you growing in your Fall/Winter garden

[riverwed070707]

This is our 3rd year gardening. We've always just done one planting and by the end of the summer we're kind of burnt out. This year our garden has done great and hubby has put a lot of time into tending it so it didn't feel so overwhelming as we harvested so now I'm thinking we want to do a second round. We just harvested all of our red potatoes (over 50 lbs in our urban garden!)and we have a large spot where our onions were earlier this spring. I'm thinking I want to do some broccoli, maybe cauliflower, cabbage and possibly some more kohlrabi because we hear it sells well at market and we might try to sell some.

What else would be good? I'm burnt out on lettuce and we have cucumbers coming out our ears. Not big on the leafy greens like kale, collard, etc. We would really love to have some veggies that freeze or can well or have a long shelf life. I assume its too late to do any fall/winter squash planting? What about fruits like canteloupe or baby watermelon? I need ideas!

[TBH]

You can still plant short-season bush beans, and those freeze well. The ones that mature in 60 days or so. But hurry!

I have no luck with broccoli or carrots, but I did plant some carrots last week. You can also still plant globe basil from seed, the tiny-leaf variety, and that dries well to use during the winter.

One year I planted cilantro that I was able to harvest all winter long. That was great.

I'll plant garlic again this year but not til October.

I'm still learning about fall/winter gardening. For some reason it's harder for me than spring/summer.

[riverwed070707]

You can still plant short-season bush beans, and those freeze well. The ones that mature in 60 days or so. But hurry!

I have no luck with broccoli or carrots, but I did plant some carrots last week. You can also still plant globe basil from seed, the tiny-leaf variety, and that dries well to use during the winter.

One year I planted cilantro that I was able to harvest all winter long. That was great.

I'll plant garlic again this year but not til October.

I'm still learning about fall/winter gardening. For some reason it's harder for me than spring/summer.

I agree! Summer and harvesting veggies just seems to go together. When I google fall/winter crops and get results like brussel sprouts and beets it really discourages me from giving it a try lol.

[AccountantSalary]

Where is your garden located? As you know, it makes a difference in what you can plant each season.

[riverwed070707]

Where is your garden located? As you know, it makes a difference in what you can plant each season.

I'm zone 5

[cptacek]

Welp, I don't know, but I'm trying to figure it out real quick! This is also my first serious garden, and I am loving it!

I think I'm going to try cabbage, bush green beans, broccoli, lettuce, kale, garlic, kohlrabi and spinach. Maybe get a second shot at cucumbers.

Wow, where do you put all that when your spring/summer garden is still producing like gangbusters?

I went to the local greenhouse and was asking what things can be planted for a fall garden, and she gave me a paper that had a vegetable garden calendar that showed planting dates and harvesting dates. I think it matches the third page of this pdf:

http://www.ksre.ksu.edu/library/hort2/mf315.pdf

Here is a planting date list from Fall Gardening | Kansas City Community Gardens

Green Beans: July 20 - August 15
Beets: August 1 - August 10
Broccoli (direct seed): July 10 - July 15
Broccoli (transplant): July 25 - Aug. 10
Cabbage: July 20 - August 10
Carrots: July 20 - August 5
Cauliflower (direct seed): July 10 - July 15
Cauliflower (transplant): July 20 - Aug. 10
Chinese Cabbage: July 15 - August 1
Collards: July 25 - August 5
Kale: July 25 - August 5
Kohlrabi (direct seed): July 10 - August 10
Kohlrabi (transplant): July 25 - Aug. 5
Lettuce (loose-leaf): August 1 - August 20
Lettuce (Bibb-type): Aug. 1 - Aug. 15
Mustard: August 1 - August 30
Radish: August 1 - August 30
Spinach: August 1 - August 30
Summer Squash: July 1 - July 20
Turnip: July 20 - August 25

I also saved some apricot pits from the neighbor's tree (she gave them to me, I didn't steal them!) so I need to get them started and into the ground, too. Hmmm, I can't remember if I do that now or in the spring...have to look that up.

[laurend1985]

In Chicago, forget about it. LOL I have collards, broccoli, tomatoes, green peppers, cauliflower and okra. My okra isn't producing flowers, maybe they don't like very hot and humid weather.

[riverwed070707]

In Chicago, forget about it. LOL I have collards, broccoli, tomatoes, green peppers, cauliflower and okra. My okra isn't producing flowers, maybe they don't like very hot and humid weather.

I would think this would be an odd characteristic for something that is very traditional in the south...

[laurend1985]

I know it's just very strange to say the least.

[Mjenn]

Hmm we have radishes, red beets, kohlrabi, butternut squash and an assortment of lettuce. But have only recently planted another round of radishes because they grow quickly and seem to do well here. I am thinking we might have been too late with the squash, but am hoping for the best. My transplants earlier in the season got killed in a really chilly stormy late season

[PatientSaver]

what to plant

There are only certain cool season crops you can plant now for a fall harvest, and cantaloupe or melons aren't one of them.

You say you don't like collards, but how about in a winter stew? They would take the place of spinach, say, and i doubt you could really tell the difference. I've been blanching and freezing a lot of collards and string beans, and I will do even more of the tomatoes, once they ripen.

I'll be planting lettuce in early August, and I have some cauliflower seedlings already started; they should do better than the cauliflower I planted from seed in the spring, once this heat passes. Even so, I did get one small head of cauliflower about the size of my fist, and I see two more small ones are forming now, even though they dislike the heat.

I always say I'm going to get more out of my garden with a fall crop, too, but I don't think I've ever really given it a good try, cus like you, i'm pretty spent by the time Sept. rolls around.