It's the time of summer when we start thinking about what to plant for fall harvest. The odd thing this year is that the early season lettuce that I planted in early May is still going strong. In a normal year it should have bolted (gone to seed) long ago.
The lettuce is just another testament to the cool summer those of us in the upper Midwest have had this year. Other signs are the bounty of tomatoes that are still green...oh just a couple days above 80 degrees and sunny would be wonderful.
The cool weather hasn't stopped the proliferation of zucchini though. It's producing abundantly, just as you would expect in a normal summer.
As we start to put this strange summer behind us, I'm planning for fall planting (and praying for a few days of summer). So far I've planted arugula, spinach, chard, and radishes. I've been planting beans every week to 10 days over the last month so we should have a nice harvest to freeze for winter. Still in the works are the snow peas that I'll be planting from seeds harvested from the spring crop; and since it's been so cool, I'm also thinking that I'll try some small cabbage and broccoli to see if they can mature before the first frost. Obviously, I don't need any more lettuce.
How about you? What are you planting for the fall harvest?
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