How to Prepare and Plan a Fall Vegetable Garden

Many crops are able to produce long into the year which makes having a fall vegetable garden well worth the time and energy. Using some protection around your beds like a cold frame can even extend your fall vegetable garden into the start of winter. Here is what you need to know to start planning your fall vegetable garden.

Difficulty: Moderate

Instructions

1. The first step in preparing your fall vegetable garden is to decide what to do with the remaining plants from spring and summer. If the plants are past harvest and dying, remove all of the plants and till the soil over to break up the ground.

2. Unlike a spring and summer vegetable garden which battles the chances of a late frost, a fall vegetable garden can be sown right into the ground without a need to start it out inside in peat pods.

3. Seeding for the fall vegetable garden should be in early summer and due to the heat you will need to ensure the soil remains moist by watering often to ensure the seeds germinate.

4. The down side of a fall vegetable garden is that insects are more of an issue. This requires you the gardener to spend extra time fighting pests from your crops and avoid any diseases to be spread in your garden.

5. Near the end of fall you can extend your fall vegetable garden a little longer by covering up your beds will help keep your plants alive even after a frost hits. Just be sure your cover is not touching the plants themselves.

Tips & Warnings

• Save yourself money and enjoy your own harvest long after summer by planning out a fall vegetable garden.