Fall garden- greens, etc

[MeandTK]

I’m hoping to begin planting Monday. 
Turnips
Mustards
collards

When temps drop a bit, I plan to plant lettuce.





If things grow well, I hope to market as well as eat out of it. 

Do you garden in the fall?

[feather]

MeandTK , Even though the rules for my zone 4a and 5b, 4b and 5a, says, no you may not garden in the fall to winter.
We planted arugula recently and it is doing beautifully, and our kale is really fabulous. We also put in butter bib head lettuce, don't know if that will pan out or not.

That's in our lettuce garden (lasagna garden method), and we have a frame of wood that goes over it. The wood is getting wobbley but DH says it will make it one more year before we rebuild the frame. We cover the frame in plastic and start closing it when the temperatures reach towards 35 deg F. From past years, we may have lettuce into november. I'll let you know.

[MeandTK]

We often have winters that do not get below 25f, so greens and lettuce can grow a long time.
My problem is waiting to plant my lettuce, because it’s often too hot when I try.

[solargeek]

We've had so much cooler weather and tons of rain, that my fear of a hard fall did not occur. And so my beans shot up from nothing to 10 inches tall in the fall garden within two weeks. Flower buds have formed and it's supposed to be in the 80s next week so hopefully they will have time to develop beans.The arugula is ready to eat in less than two weeks as is the mesclun mix of lettuce.

And amazingly the bean seeds from 2016 That I saved, have grown beautifully on top of a mound of dirt I call a raised bed. We couldn't afford any more of the raised bed frames as we bought 31 of them. So I had the guys just layer cardboard then dirt and straw then more dirt on top and threw seeds in. The cucumbers didn't like that too much and the cauliflower refused to grow but boy did I get beans on the two mounds in which I put those seeds.

But they were wearing out and I think I picked my last crop. It's the new beans, assuming we don't get frost, should come in just before the cold weather hits.

[wally]

This year was a first attempt at a fall garden. Green beans are now producing, 6 quarts canned so far, radishes have done poorly, and fall beets did nothing.
Yellow squash and zucchini came back to life after the heat and squash bugs and are again producing. Tomatoes are about spent, but are still producing small tomatoes and a few plants actually have some new blossoms. I am overwhelmed with okra this year

[grannyg]

We planted collards last week and they are up....love those greens...

[MeandTK]

Busyness this weeks forces me to postpone until Thursday. I’ll probably garden all day, considering I’ll have to break the ground first.

[MeandTK]

Anyone have any suggestions of something out of the ordinary that I should plant?

[vickinell]

I've planted lettuces, kale, and some herbs in pots. They are all doing well. I have to plant them in potsonmy front porch because my chickens ate everything this year. Things I had had my 33 year old's granddaughter her whole life. Irises, out of control chives, grass.

I had never had 9 chickens before. I usually only have 3 or 4. Now Im down to 6.

[Weed]

I planted light this fall, compared to others. Have several varieties of lettuces filling 1/2 of a 60' fabric covered low tunnel to extend the season. Hope to find time/remember to succession plant the remainder of the row @ 2 week intervals. Also planted 38 each of Bravo Cabbage (mainly for kraut) and Blue Max Collards. Cabbage is doing great but the Voles destroyed all but 14 of the Collards