To Do:
- Prepare for Fall Gardening. Check the fall gardening handout in the Shed and the list of potential crops below.
- Harvest vegetables regularly at their peak of flavor and for continued production. Don’t forget to donate some of your harvest as part of our Harvest Group initiative.
- Clean up garden debris as plants decline. Compost any material that is not diseased. DO NOT COMPOST weeds with roots or seeds or whole tomatoes, please put them in the appropriate debris container.
- Think about a fall cover crop. Order seeds (don’t think OSU will be providing any this year) plan on where you might sow as you are removing vegetables that are done growing.
Note: This is the month to preserve your harvest for the winter by canning, freezing, pickling and drying.
Plant candidates for Fall Gardening:
- Arugula
- Bush beans
- Beets (including their greens)
- Broccoli raab,
- Broccoli
- Cabbage
- Carrots
- Cauliflower
- Chard
- Chicory, endive, radicchio
- Cilantro
- Dill
- Greens: Individually or as mixes (e.g., mustard, kale, collards, Asian greens)
- Lettuce: leaf and head type
- Peas: shelling, sugar snap, and snowpea type
- Radishes: Daikon (60 days) and other faster radishes
- Scallions and other hardy bunching onions, for fall use and to overwinter for spring
- Spinach
- Turnip
Don’t forget garlic will go back in your plot in Sept/October! Plan accordingly.
