(dragon tongue beans)
(bed planted with lettuce and beets)
(kennebec potatoes)
(green fleshed pineapple melon)
(this is probably a georgia rattlesnake watermelon, with my shoe thrown in for perspective)
(sugar pie pumpkin)
(another sugar pie pumpkin)
(in foreground watermelon mixed with jarrahdale squash that I am really fighting for. last year the squash bugs destroyed these early in the season)
(delicata winter squash)
(blackeyed peas)
(dragon tongue beans)
I’ve started thinking about my fall garden, and the reasons that I don’t usually have much of one. I realized that the reason is that in my mind a fall garden is one planted in the fall! Noooooo, Ginny. Many fall crops are actually planted during the hottest days of summer it seems, when you really don’t want to be hanging in the garden. If you have been missing the boat like me, you can find information on planting fall crops here. And here are some fall planting guides by region.
So that being said, here is what I have planted in the past week, for my FALL garden:
August 6, 2012: bull’s blood beets and rocky top lettuce mix planted in the garden
August 7, 2012: early purple sprouting and calabrese green sprouting broccoli, purple top white globe turnips, mammoth red rock cabbage, sweet basil, and violas planted in flats.
August 10, 2012: beets and lettuce sprouting!
I woke today at 6 a.m. to work in the garden and get more planting done, but was met with pouring rain. I knit instead.
There is a lot going on in my garden though, and I am excited about it. We’re still stalking the squash bugs, and are picking them and their eggs off as quickly as we can.
How about your garden? Are you planting for fall?
Thanks for the links to the fall planting guides!
Yeah, I always think of a fall garden as planted in the fall too. We actually should probably get on planting ours soon, I’ll check out those links you mentioned. Thanks! 🙂
Wow, that’s a giant melon!
I need to get started on winter/overwinter planting! I really want to try that this year.
Our Saturday Garden Journal is on Monday this week! ;o)
xoxo
~ joey ~
Your garden is inspiring!
After taking the summer off from blogging, I’m finally back with big plans for fall and spring gardening! I found your garden design almost two years ago and printed the pictures. After carrying them around for what seems lie forever, I’m finally ready to jump into my “big” plan. Of couse, I don’t have Jonny’s carpentry skills, so I had to adjust accordingly. Thanks so much for the inspiration!
I love your pie pumpkins–such a lovely orange!
I’m always amazed you manage such a big garden. All of your different varieties look so enticing.
It’s hard to think about fall when I’m just settling in to summer, but our cool season crops are slowly going in. We’ve got a big planting of cabbages coming up soon.
I really want to plant a fall garden this year. Our garden did great this year, and I’d love a fall crop. I need to get on the ball!
No fall garden for us this year, we have enough on our plates at the moment and the fall will be just as busy. Maybe next year. Looking great, ducks are good for bugs, that’s what we do for pest control 😉
Our climate isn’t good for fall gardening, we often get snow. I may plant some herbs for my kitchen windowsill, though! Your garden is so lovely, I have enjoyed seeing the growth.
Planting for fall is on my list of things to do this weekend. And it looks like I too will be met with rainshowers.
Have a great weekend.
Thank you for the timely reminder, most of my autumn plants are in and growing, but there is still more to sew. Always so much to do!
i am looking forward to actually being able to post on here about my garden… once it gets cool enough to get it going. but 115 is just too darn hot to start anything!
Your fall garden sounds wonderful!
I have not done much actual gardening, of course, but I built a vermicomposter this week & so I thought I would share that. xo
Thank you so much for the enlightenment about the fall garden and for offering some good links about it. I have been bamboozled as to what to do in my garden- we just moved in in June. I think I’ll do some more investigatin’ and actually DO something now!!! Ha!
I never get around to autumn crops either… I feel too lazy to start over at this time in the year! Must try harder 🙂
your beans look a lot like our rattlesnake beans