Fall Garden

Mary and I have spent the past couple of days getting the garden prepared for fall vegetable planting. We harvested the onions and the rest of the broccoli. We have put compost back down on the beds we harvested to replace the nutrients that the previous crops used. We have also prepared some new beds around the raspberry and grape plants.

Because we are not in a hurry to beat the summer heat, we are planting seeds instead of transplants for our broccoli and cabbage. Later on whatever does not come up from seed, we will replace with transplants from the nursery.

Fall vegetable gardening will give me 2 crops instead of one. Some plants even grow better here in the fall versus the spring because the spring weather heats up here so fast. Peas are a good example of this. The best part is if I keep things covered during the first frosts of fall I will still be having fresh vegetables into November.

If you have some rows in your garden which are empty or almost done, you might want to consider planting a fall vegetable garden.