last gasp harvest

[tielan]

Report from a late summer garden (in the southern hemisphere):

Harvest and planting for winter.

My area in Australia is mild enough that cool-weather leafy greens do pretty well over winter, so long as you protect them from frost.

I know most of you equatorially-north folks are just getting into planting times for your gardens - what do you plan to grow this year (and how's that coming along), and is there anything new you're going to try this growing season?

Speaking for myself, I'm trying to grow: cabbage, cauliflower, bok-choy, raab broccoli (I've never had luck with regular broccoli), rocket, brussel sprouts, onions (both the ones you use the leaf stalk and the ones you store the bulb), carrots, parsnips, sugarbeet, and the usual run of beetroot (which I have finally worked out how to cook: bake in individual wrappings of foil, and then after 40 mins, put a dob of butter on top and bake for another 40 mins).

Comments

[ladybrooke]

We're planting tomatoes, corn, beans, watermelons, green peppers, a single red pepper plant, cantaloupe, lettuce, and maybe zucchini and squash. We already had the first three planted, but then flooding happened, and it all died/washed away. :/ The lettuce and cantaloupe are new! I'm hoping they grow well.

I hope everything you're trying to grow turns out well!

[dirtygreatknife]

Another Aussie here--I'm in South Australia. I put in cabbage, onions, spring onions, carrots and radish. I hope they all grow!

[dantesspirit]

7 different tomatoes, 8 different peppers, tomatillos, eggplant, asparagus, cantelope, watermelon, zucchini, butternut squash, cucumbers, spaghetti squash, loofa squash, green beans...

[bridgetmkennitt]

I want to try and grow lettuce in my apartment, mostly so I can eat it whenever it's ready to be harvested and not have to depend so much on my grocery stores if I want to eat a salad. I'm in the process of reorganizing my apartment though, so I have to wait until I can figure out a good placement before I can purchase the seeds and grow them.