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Fall Garden Direct Seed Planting Guide

The last couple of weeks I have spent a lot of time looking into and thinking about planting a fall garden.  I have never planted a fall garden before so this is a new adventure for me.  I decided that while I could search the internet and find lots of peoples' opinions on what to plant, it is still hard to know what works for my northern climate & growing season.  This last spring I created a Seed Starting & Planting Guide for starting plants indoors and was happy with how it worked for me in preparing for my spring garden.  Since it did work so well for me, I returned to the Weekend Gardener's Grow Guide armed with the date of the average first fall frost for my area and created a spreadsheet for planting a fall garden.

Here is what I came up with.  The guide covers the 12 weeks prior to the date of the average first fall frost (contact your local county extension agent if you can't find your date).  It lists what can be direct seeded for each week and notes the first and the last week for planting each listed species.

Fall Garden Direct Seed Grow Guide







Week 12
Week 11
Week 10
Week 9
kale*
kale
kale
kale
kohlrabi*
kohlrabi
kohlrabi
kohlrabi
mustard greens*
mustard greens
mustard greens
mustard greens
peas*
peas
peas+
beets




beets*
carrots




carrots*
turnips




turnips*
swiss chard*







Week 8
Week 7
Week 6
Week 5
kale
kale
kale
kale
kohlrabi
kohlrabi
kohlrabi
kohlrabi
mustard greens
mustard greens
mustard greens
mustard greens
beets
beets
beets+
swiss chard+
carrots+
turnips
turnips+
radishes
turnips
swiss chard
swiss chard
spinach
swiss chard
radishes
radishes

radishes*
spinach*
spinach








Week 4
Week 3
Week 2
Week 1
kale+
radishes
radishes+

kohlrabi+
spinach+



mustard greens+





radishes





spinach












Week 0


*new

average first 32F frost


+last chance


Good luck with your fall garden.  I hope to plant mine this weekend... I'll let you know. :)

Happy (Fall) Gardening! :)

2 comments:

  1. Where are some places that sell seed this time of the year?

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    1. Good question! Seeds can be a challenge for find this time of year. I believe the local farm supply store (Fleet Farm) has their display up yet. I found some $0.05 seed at Mendards (home improvement store) last week in their outdoor lawn & garden center & I have seen seeds on clearance at Walgreens recently. Another place to check would be garden supply stores. Good luck. :}

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