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| Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 6:34 pm Post subject: Fall Gardening |
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Well, the Chinese Greens, Bok Choy, and Peas have sprouted. Keeping my fingers crossed for the Cauliflower and Beets. 
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There's a guy at the Farmer's Market here that'll plant beets really late in the summer, then come May he has a table full of beet greens.
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Sounds like the fall garden is off to a good start.
I am hoping to get some cucumber seeds in the ground this weekend.
Summer temps hit us too soon and hard for cucumbers this spring so maybe I can get some in about October.
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Yum! We have planted overwintering onions, late baby carrots and beetroots and oriental radish. Still have to get the oriental greens sown.
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Melissa1982
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Hello there! I wanted to do some fall gardening but wasn't sure what to plant. I'm zone 9 or 10...
I wanted to try spinach, lettuce, and I'm planting some garlic soon. Oh yes, and peas, I'll be planting some peas soon.
What else would do well in fall? Carrots?
I see some are planting beets, and cucumbers. Is it too late for cucumbers?
I have a packet of 'Glacier' tomato seeds I planted some a week or so ago, one started to sprout. Then...my baby ripped it out of the container and smashed it with a toy! I'm going to try again, and put it somewhere else so she can't reach it again..
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I don't know about regular spinach for the winter, but "Perpetual Spinach" will work, also Swiss chard, Purple sprouting broccoli and additionally there are a host of winter lettuces, endive, leeks and radishes.
Good luck.
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that's a real fall garden gardengater. am almost envious. 
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I'm excited as this is the first fall garden I've had. I'm about to put in leeks to overwinter, spinach, garlic. Yes, I do think carrots would do well, and other root veggies like rutabaga and parsnip. Good gardening fall gardeners.
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Wow I had no idea you could plant things this late and still get a good crop of them. I had heard of fall gardening but never gave it much thought. I will have to think about this.
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I think it all depends on the type of winter one has as to wether they can put in fall or winter gardens. Here in Mich about the only thing that I can over winter is garlic.
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That is probably why I had not heard too much about this as we can get really cold weather early here too. I guess in the south you could do more with this.
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I can only dream of overwintering veggies here in zone 5!
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