Fall Vegetable GardenHere in South Texas, it is time to plan for the Fall vegetable garden. The Fall will soon be upon us and if it is anything like the summer has been, then we may have some good temperatures for planting our crops. Due to the heat, I have pulled up most of my crops. As hot as it has been, no amount of water is going to help the plants grow and produce. For the Fall garden I have chosen seven crops I would like to try. These are Broccoli, Cauliflower, Onions, Carrots, Cabbage, Turnips, Lettuce and Beets. I also have some cold weather beans I am going to try and see how they do. At this point though, I am waiting for the weather to cool off before I do too much planting. According to our companion guide, all of these can be planted together with no problems. So when to plant is our next issue? Go to Lunar Planting for a guide for 2009 for dates on when to plant these vegetables in September. I have also listed this information on each seed's page. Some of these we grew this past summer but because it got so hot so quickly they did not do very well. Some of my problems had to do with the depth of my soil. I do not believe it was as deep as it should have been. I also had some problems with my soil compacting. The one thing we did not have any problems with was insects or diseases. Hopefully this will continue with our fall crop. My plan is to remove part of my patio and build a raised vegetable garden bed. This area I have chosen gets about six to eight hours of sunlight each day. I have never planted turnips or cabbage so this will be a new experience for me. For my carrots I have prepared a bed that is about twelve inches deep. Most of these are root crops so we will want to make sure we have deep, loose soil. Beet: Moneta (Monogerm) (F1) Broccoli: Marathon (F1) Cabbage: Ruby Perfection (F1) Carrot: Bolero (F1) (Pelleted) Cauliflower: Phoenix (F1) Lettuce: Nancy (F1) Lettuce: Adriana (F1) Onion: Candy (F1) Turnip: Purple Top White Globe This completes our suggested items for the Fall vegetable garden. I will be planting these as well and taking more pictures and video as we go along.
Below is a video of the progress I have made so far on my Fall raised vegetable garden beds.
In the pictures below are updates on the patio and the raised garden bed I am making for the Fall Vegetable Garden. I think the patio is going to look a lot better than it did. All I did was take the old boards and turned them upside down. I like the way the diamond is shaping up. The raised beds are done and ready for planting. The dirt came from some of the other raised beds I have that I have to relocate. My only expense was for some deck screws for the remodeled patio.
I have planted my Fall Garden according to schedule. In addition though, I have done some trimming on my tomato plants. In the picture below is a plant that I had trimmed back completely. It is now putting on new growth.
Then we received some rain and cooler temperatures and they have come back to life.
Update to Fall Vegetable Garden.
12-20-09 I had a lot of photos to post but my son accidentally deleted them. I will have to start over. In the picture below are my carrots for the Fall. They are not doing too good since we have had a lot of rain and cloudy days. The onions I planted beside them are wiped out from the the rain.
In the video below is an update of the Fall Garden for 1-10-10. My plants were really doing well until the frost hit. I had a heater in the greenhouse with them but they still froze. Better luck net time.
02-08-2010 For updates on the Fall vegetable garden veggies see how to grow onions, how to grow beets, how to grow radishes, how to grow turnips, how to grow carrots, how to grow broccoli, how to grow cabbage, how to grow cauliflower, and lettuce. Your Garden StoryDo you have a garden story to share with us? Thank you for your visit.
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