Plant a Fall Garden (2024) #29
Garden expert Susan Mulvihill covers what you need to know in order to get more food out of your garden this fall. You'll learn which crops grow best and get Susan's top variety picks. She covers planting considerations, soil preparation, plant protection when the temperatures get colder, and more. Susan gardens in Spokane, Wash. where the hardiness zone ranges from 5b to 6a.
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Susan's recommendations for late season/fall garden crops:
Arugula - Esme 21-40 days to maturity
Beans, bush - Contender* 50 days
Beets - Cylindra 60 days
Broccoli - Belstar 65-70
Carrots - Short Stuff Chantenay, Scarlet Nantes
Kale - Red Russian, Blue Curled Scotch
Lettuce - Bauer, Red Romaine, Forellenschluss
Pak choi - Green Fortune, Bopak
Peas - Cascadia, Super Sugar Snap
Radish - Purple Plum Red Planet
Spinach - Giant Winter, Catalina
Swiss chard - Garden Rainbow, Rainbow Blend
Turnips - Silky Sweet or Mikado
*Not frost-tolerant
Susan's picks for super cold-tolerant crops:
Corn salad (Mache) 60 days
Lettuce - Batavian Full Heart 30-45 days
Minutina 50 days
Spinach - Matador, Monstreux de Viroflay, Butterflay 43 days
You can order signed copies of Susan's newest book, The Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook, by sending her an email at [email protected]. Her other book is The Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook, which is all about insects and how to deal with the damaging ones organically.
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1. Vegetable Garden Problem Solver Handbook: https://amzn.to/3uIMA0A.
2. Vegetable Garden Pest Handbook: https://amzn.to/3Jh6aXS.
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