Fall Seedlings

Most gardeners think of the growing season in terms of a linear process of prepping beds, planting seeds or plants, caring for those plants, and harvesting. But, as I have been preaching for years, this process is not linear, but continuous. While planting early spring beets and lettuce, I am prepping beds for tomatoes and peppers. While planting eggplant and cucumbers, I'm harvesting beets and carrots.

By summer, you're probably so busy harvesting tomatoes and peppers (and making sauce and salsa, perhaps), you don't think you have time for anything else. But, now is the time to plant fall crops. Cool weather crops like letutuce will mature in mid September and beets will be ready to pick in October. I'm also planting some late zucchini and cucumber, just for fun.