What Vegetables Flourish In Fall Gardens...

We all know that summer is the predominate season for vegetable gardens, but autumn also brings wonderful rewards as well. For instance fast-growing salad crops will revive the most bedraggled fall garden, and good care can keep sweet root crops and cabbage cousins growing for several weeks beyond the first frost. Here are plants that’s are good for these cool days…

Cool Season Crops - All of the vegetables below are suitable for fall gardens. Some, like beets and carrots, may need to be harvested when very small (but still tasty). When shopping for seeds, select the earliest-maturing varieties available.

• Beets
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Cauliflower
• Collards
• Green onions
• Kale
• Leeks
• Leaf lettuce and assorted greens
• Mustard
• Peas
• Radishes
• Rutabagas
• Spinach
• Swiss chard
• Turnips

Vegetables That Will Survive a Frost - The varieties listed below will survive sub-zero temperatures if given some protection. During the first spell of cool weather, cover them with a blanket, cardboard box, or plastic tunnel. Dig beets, carrots, rutabagas, and turnips when the roots become plump and crisp; old plants left in the ground might develop unsightly cracks.

• Beets
• Broccoli
• Brussels sprouts
• Cabbage
• Carrots
• Collards
• Kale
• Kohlrabi
• Leeks
• Lettuce
• Mustard
• Rutabagas
• Swiss chard
• Turnips

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