SUMMER PLANTING FOR FALL CROPS

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Folks,

 

Could I please get some thoughts on this?

 

 

I am wondering what some of you are planting this time of year for Fall. Utah GARDENS is developing a large 15 acre parcel of land into a huge community garden/farm with an on site farmers market and greenhouse education center. All of this is being done (so far) with donated labor. Not one penny is going into wages.  Our goal is to use the proceeds fort his project to fund improvements to the garden and fund new smaller community gardens. This first year we had limited response from those participating. We decided to farm the area that we did not lease out.  Due to problems with our tractor, we did not get the entire field plowed until just now. We have approximately 10 acres now plowed and waiting to be planted with something. Our first frost is about Sept. 20^th ( on a bad year---but we are planning the worst and hoping the best). We believe we still have time for pickling cucumbers. We figure beets, and green onions would do fine and so would a late spinach. Also broccoli and cabbage and other cole crops.  

 

My question is what would you plant? What are you planting now and for those of you that do some entrepreneurial enterprises with your gardens, what has been the most successful (late planting) crop you have experienced?

 

 

Thanks

 

Shane with Utah GARDENS