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Planning a Fall vegetable garden. Those vegetables we grew in spring can be repeated and add brussels sprouts and beets too!
I eat salads nearly every day for lunch. Planting lettuce, kale and other “leafies” sounds like a good idea!
There are some pretty cool reasons for planting as our temperatures begin to cool off.
- Pests are fewer, those that irritate our plants and those that irritate us. Mosquitoes are first to come to mind.
- Some crops actually taste better with cooler temperatures too. Arugula is one of them. In the summer heat, arugula can become bitter instead of savory.
- The National Garden Bureau reports that kale and brussels sprouts taste sweeter with a frosty coating!
Remember to check the growing information to make sure the veggies you plant have time to grow to maturity in our colder climates.
Consider radishes, perhaps a purple cauliflower or burgundy broccoli. Maybe some bush beans too.
I just talked about how the heat has affected their production. Here’s your chance to go for it again! The University of Minnesota Extension has more excellent information on mid-summer garden planting.
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