Comments on: Extreme Makeovers for Awesome Fall Vegetable Gardens

By: Cameron

Cameron — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:25:24 +0000

Hi Kenny,
Your garden looks lovely…next year I’ll plan for a fall garden. Thanks for the inspiration!

By: Stephen

Stephen — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 22:04:04 +0000

Out here in the Sonoma Valley I grow all of my vegetables in raised beds about 4 feet across. Rather than grow in rows I use the intensive method of giving each plant enough room to do it’s own thing, growing room equivalent to it’s own footprint. Now that the summer season is coming to an end, I can reach into the middle of the bed, harvest each warm-season crop, and replace it with a cool-season vegetable that I can grow on to harvest in autumn or winter. The garden can look a bit disorganized at times, but it’s a kitchen garden and I’m always about harvesting for an upcoming meal. Most all of the plants get indivdual attention and as the evenings and days turn cool, I’m able to stay on top of each crop’s needs. I’ll use a cloche–just a simple movable greenhouse or tunnel or plastic storage box turned upside down–to shelter the plants who feel the chill. By the end of October, almost all of the warm-season crops are out of the garden and I can use larger tunnels to shield the whole of the bed through December, January and February. That way I have fresh leafy vegetables and root crops almost all winter.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:27:21 +0000

Thanks for the comments, links, and the stumble. Becky, it’s not too late to start fall veggies but at this point I would stick with fast growing leafy greens like kale, collards, mustard, spinach, mache, winter cresses, and lettuce. You may also be able to coax a crop of radishes an turnips, then there’s garlic that can still be planted for next summer’s harvest.

By: Becky

Becky — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 08:22:20 +0000

Is it too late to plant a fall crop of veggies?

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By: HighGrace

HighGrace — Sun, 31 Aug 2008 03:47:15 +0000

Hello,
You have a beautiful website! I got here from the Killer Blog title contest. I’ve stumbled you, too. We are about at the end of our growing season here in Arizona. I’ll miss it over the winter! Thanks for sharing all of your wonderful info. I’ll be back! G.

By: TopVeg

TopVeg — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:16:57 +0000

lots of useful info - & great photos

By: mrtumnas

mrtumnas — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:28:52 +0000

Great tips!I used to not bother with fall vegetables, but have since learned that in my hot humid climate especially, fall is the best time to be growing.