Fall

The vegetable garden is still full of life, with plenty left to harvest and lots of seeds to sow for early crops next year.

Sowing, Planting and Transplanting 

• Early fall: sow under cover Asian salad leaves, Japanese onions, spinach, Swiss chard; transplant spring cabbages.
• Mid-fall: sow calabrese, carrots, fava beans, peas.
• Late fall: sow fava beans, hardy lettuce; plant garlic cloves.

Harvesting 

• Early fall: beets, carrots, chili peppers, cucumbers, French and runner beans, peppers, maincrop potatoes, salad leaves, sweet corn, tomatoes, winter squash.
• Mid-fall: cabbages, carrots, maincrop potatoes, salad leaves, tomatoes, turnips.
• Late fall: cabbages, herbs, kale, leeks, parsnips, salad leaves.

Seasonal Jobs 

• Tidy up the garden, removing all annual, non-seeding weeds and spent crop plants to the compost pile.
• Cure squashes so they store well.
• Wash shading paint from greenhouse glass.
• Remove lower leaves of tomato plants to help the last fruits ripen.