In this video I’ll show you what crops you can still grow in your organic vegetable garden in August or late summer. Im talking about warm season and cool season crops for almost any climate.
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Find your first frost date: https://www.almanac.com/gardening/frostdates
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RELATED VIDEOS
How to Grow Carrots: https://youtu.be/bXuaTJtMTG8
How to Grow Broccoli: https://youtu.be/ov3QfUGoArg
How to Plant Potatoes in Fall: https://youtu.be/8tJecGJy3hE
TIMESTAMPS
Cucumbers: 00:53
Okra: 01:10
Eggplant: 01:20
Summer Squash: 01:37
Carrots & Beets: 02:13
Radishes & Parsnips: 03:46
Bunching Onions: 03:48
Chard & Kale: 04:22
Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts & Cabbage: 04:32
Calendula, Nasturtium & Alyssum: 05:30
Potatoes: 05:52
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26 Comments
hello from sunny Malta in the med! No frost here…..ever. At the moment its just too hot. Even with shading, seedlings get slaughtered by our annual summer cremation.
Really enjoy your videos
How thick do u have the pine shavings layered
I have had no zucchini! I wish someone would give me some. I fail every year.
The problem I have with fall planting is all of my usual spring/summer retail seed suppliers, quit carrying seed midsummer. So everything is now mail order. Not the end of the world I guess😂
I learned so much from this, thank you!
I’m in San Antonio, TX and it’s still 103+ for the next week. No summer crops for me!😢
I’m with on the zucchini but not because I had so much. We get hit with vine borers. I injected bt and covered the stem with soil the best I could but it was quite disappointing. I think I wanna try some serious copper around my garden before I attempt them again just over all the moldy leaves as well.
Oh have you heard of the carrots San Diego seed company sells? They are encased in something so they’re easier to plant.
My garden got an inch of rain and marble sized hail in 10 minutes….poof
Hi Brian your friendly witch is still around…lol, 100 + days in row of 100 degree plus weather, today 105. Defying the outdoor watering ban to keep my newly seeded plants alive!!!! lol. Okra 1 to 2 inches high begging for cooler temps. Pumpkins, I am at war with the mysterious "thinner" 1 plant at 8 to 10 inches high growing slow and steady. Next one is at 1 to 2 inches, which has survive my special protection against the mysterious thinner, I mean something that will pull the plants up root and all then leave it for me to find. Sun Flowers 1 to 2 inches tall in the front yard….oh did I mention it is 105 degrees today!!! Frost when??? Cooler months??? When? Just throwing this out, by no means do I claim to be an expert, but someone needs to add "climate change" into the garden growing theory or pattern! Some of my pepper plants are ho hum we will just hang around, but no real fruit or veggie, others in my first real raise bed done by the "hugelkultur" method , the pepper plants are producing peppers, early in the season I got radishes, the 2nd planting is just crap…105 degrees still….enough said still watch your videos.
Brian I forgot, I am suppose to be in zone 8b…….did I mention it was 105 degrees today?
I have been watching lots of fall planting videos from all growing regions. I'm NE OK. So far, your video has been the best. There is a ton of info in a short video. I like long videos, but you managed to keep it short. Very nice!
I have used pine wood shavings with my chickens (just 4) but not on a garden. Is this what you use on all your garden?
I’m admiring your planting beds, what type of mulch is that? I like the fact that it’s light weight.
You have a whole lot of faith in my Vermont 4b growing season 😂
It rains all the time where I am but root vegetables are the hardest to grow because of the heat.
What exact brand of shavings did you use?
Use cardboard for the carrots to cover them.
I'm in Sweden. Due to a couple of late hard frosts, I wasn't able to get my starts into the ground when I would have wanted to. Instead, I had to replant quite a few of my seeds/starts, as the ones I had, were leggy beyond survival. So, I've still yet to be able to harvest any of my zucchini's or any of my early beets, carrots etc. I opted not to plant that many tomato plants this year and the ones I did plant as soon as it was "safe", I had bought from the store and were tall, thick and strong. I did have tomato starts (that I've planted but, they won't have time to produce anything) but, they were still very small compared to the store bought ones, since I had to replant most of those too. Yes, I could have transplanted them into bigger pots, in wait for being able to plant them outdoors but, I really don't have that many larger pots or the space to put them indoors, since I have cats and also had a litter of kittens. All of which love to go crazy with my starts… LOL Will be buying a large glass cabinet at the second hand store, where I can "lock" my starters away and put grow lights in them for next year.
Last week I did top off all of my tomato plants, remove all the lower branches, and quite a few of the ones higher up, removed all the flowers and the tiny tomatoes that won't have a chance to ripen. Only have at most about 2 months left before it's way to cold for tomatoes to ripen.
I harvested a third of my one potato beds 5X14 ft. yesterday. That bed I made last yr. using the Ruth Stout(sp?) method. Didn't get much of a harvest last yr. but that was expected, since they don't seem to produce much the first yr. This yr. was different. Just harvesting barely one third of the bed resulted in over 40lbs. of potatoes. I was worried that most would have rotten or, been eaten by whatever lives in the dirt, due to it constantly being wet since it's covered in a thick layer of straw but, I only found 2 potatoes that had been munched on!
I did however have to dig up the whole one third of the bed I harvested from, due to me planting the seed potatoes to deep and also that when digging, I found that the soil was completely root bound and was very hard packed. Oh well… Now, it's fluffy again… LOL I will be going out to harvest another round this afternoon, if it doesn't rain. Once I've cleared out the whole bed and prepped it, I'll be planting my winter greens, starts and seeds, along with full length rows of carrots, spinach, lettuce etc. Come later this fall, I'll be planting most likely the whole bed with hard neck garlic. First time I'll be doing that so, it will be interesting to see if it works.
I will also be starting a new Ruth Stout potato bed this fall. Not planting in it until next spring. Only laying down the thick layer of cardboard along with a layer of soil on my moss and weed "lawn". (I live in semi forest conditions) Love the fact that I rarely if ever need to mow the lawn, since it is mostly soft green moss… A pain in the rear though when you try to dig and you have giant pine tree and other tree roots growing everywhere you try to dig so, the Ruth Stout method and raised beds are what works best out here.
Roots and refuge suggested cover carrot seeds with a board. Check in two weeks. They have sprouted and uncover. Worked for me!!
My first frost date I would guess is in Oct. Here in Western Colorado.. I've lived in CO for my entire 67 years. But most in Denver, East of the divide.
well, zone 8b BC Canada lower mainland. I took your advice, today I got these sowed…..Carrots, beets, radish, cucumbers…done outside. Broccoli and cauliflower inside….done. Yehhhh and thanks for this one.
Good gardner.inspiration for me
I planted spinach and as soon as it was about 2 inches tall, the chipmunks and squirrels ate it all. No way to keep them out here.
Good Need to information ! Now if I can just just get the energy!😂
Great video! Thanks for the timely info.