{"id":3292,"date":"2024-06-15T17:26:40","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T00:26:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/digitvsolutions.com\/2025\/12\/10\/planning-and-planting-a-fall-garden\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T05:22:48","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:22:48","slug":"planning-and-planting-a-fall-garden","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/digitvsolutions.com\/?p=3292","title":{"rendered":"Planning and Planting a Fall Garden"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Over the past three years, I\u2019ve shifted my gardening focus more and more toward planning and planting a fall garden and getting a head start on a spring garden. This is primarily because there is an abundance of fresh produce from July-August available at the Farmer\u2019s Market, and to a lesser extent, in our local grocery store.<\/p>\n

However, the Farmer\u2019s Market does not open until May, and closes at the end of October, which means that unless I have been diligently planning and planting a fall garden and preserving food, I will not have access to local, fresh produce for many, many months.<\/p>\n

If you live in a similar climate, consider planting your own fall garden. For a step-by-step guide to the ins and outs of selecting the right seeds, when to time your planting, and how to protect your crops from cold, check out my eBook, Homestead Honey\u2019s Guide to Fall Gardening.<\/p>\n

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\nPlanning a Fall Garden<\/h2>\n

My fall garden planning starts way back in January or February, when I sit down with pencil and paper and map out my garden beds and crop succession for the entire year. While there are fancier ways of planning your garden, I prefer the ease of pencil and paper, and I have a record of each year\u2019s\u00a0gardens at my fingertips for crop rotation.<\/p>\n

I know from experience that the following spring or overwintered crops will be harvested in early-mid-summer, leaving me with open bed space for fall crops:<\/p>\n

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  • Garlic<\/li>\n
  • Onions<\/li>\n
  • Peas<\/li>\n
  • Spring plantings of potatoes<\/li>\n
  • Spring plantings of carrots and beets<\/li>\n
  • Spring plantings of cabbage<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Next, I make a list of the fall crops that I would like to plant, and indicate the crop succession with an arrow. This year, my fall crops include:<\/p>\n

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    • Broccoli<\/li>\n
    • Cabbage and Chinese Cabbage<\/li>\n
    • Beets<\/li>\n
    • Carrots<\/li>\n
    • Parsnips<\/li>\n
    • Rutabaga<\/li>\n
    • Kohlrabi<\/li>\n
    • Turnips<\/li>\n
    • Kale<\/li>\n
    • Spinach<\/li>\n
    • Other greens such as arugula and mustard greens<\/li>\n
    • Lettuce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      I also know I will need to leave space for at least 3-4 beds worth of garlic, which will be planted in late September. (You can read all about planting garlic in this post.)<\/p>\n