Do you crave the fresh produce you get from your spring & summer garden? The bounty can continue!
One of my 1-on-1 clients, Rachael wanted to grow food in the fall and get my help on her garden layouts. She started out unsure of growing food in the fall and winter because she is in zone 4.
It has been super fun to hear how her fall garden progresses each year, as well her warm season crops.
Fall is the simplest time to grow food.
You have less weeds and less bugs.
Here are three super simple tips to get started growing food to harvest in the fall:
1 Decide what cool weather crops you like to eat. Think greens for your smoothies, salads and soups as well as root crops for stews, casseroles and autumn roasting
2. Choose what crops you will direct sow from seed, and which are better from transplants. Generally, here I suggest you buy transplants for your greens like chard, broccoli and lettuce. Sow your root crops, herbs, peas and spinach from seed.
3. Choose which areas of your garden are best suited for putting in your cool loving fall crops.
You might have areas in your veggie garden that are cleaned out of summer crops, or you might have an area in another bed, that gets more light once the leaves have fallen from the trees.
Perhaps this bed is one with herbaceous plants that have died back that you can sick some transplants into. This will make the area look better and give you food!