Gardeners: What are you planting now?

Over last two weeks I planted
Kale
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Brussel Srouts
Kol Rhabi
Celery
Radiahes
Spinach

I'll add a couple cabbage where the cauliflower seem to not be doing well.

It seems a little early to plant because it is still hot as shite, but most plants are 70-90 days maturity so you could me messing with an early freeze if you wait much longer

Rhubarb
Leeks

Mint does fine in partial shade, but it spreads like crazy, so plant with an eye toward space.

I’m thinking of planting peas, but I’ve got a few tomatoes that survived the heat and seem to be getting a second wind.

I have my mint in pots and for me it’s hard to keep it plentiful. Not sure if it’s the pot and the mint smothers itself but, the bottoms turn black and I cut the tops to use. Very different for me than being in the ground.

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Rhubarb
Leeks

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That sounds interesting. Thanks.
I’ll do Brussels too cuz I like em.

You could try leaf lettuces. They are my favorites and I usually plant several different varieties of them. You can harvest individual leaves as they mature and leave the plant to produce more over a long growing season.

I love broccoli and they too offer a long harvest since after the main head is cut the plant produces many side shoots for additional harvest.

Onions are also a good shout since you can use the green stems like green onions by only taking one or two from a plant as the bulbs mature. Garlic is good, but very long growing as it takes about 7 months or more from the time you plant until harvest.

Swiss Chard is an excellent choice and I prefer it over spinach. Chard makes huge leaves, tastes very much like spinach and is often used as a spinach substitute in many dishes. Another plus is it is also heat tolerant and will continue to grow whereas spinach will bolt once it gets warm.

Kale is another good grower over the winter months and the cold improves the taste. Same with collard greens and all other greens like turnip and mustard greens.

The thing I like about the leaf lettuces besides the long harvest is that they are easily transplanted to keep from crowding them. They look delicate, but can handle being dug up, separated and replanted pretty easily. You may only lose about 10% of the transplants if you're not too rough on them. Just keep them watered well until they get their roots set back in their new place.

Beets are a good choice but if you've never grown them, know that the little seed balls are not just one seed, but a few of them combined. Once they pop out the ground and get to about 3 inches tall I'll gently dig them up, separate them and space them for proper growing room.

Thank you for all the tips gumbo. Very useful

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Never had success with brussel sprouts. Gonna try them again this year. Any recommendations on how to harvest them?

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I mentioned this method in a prior post to help increase bulb size and uniformity of Brussels sprouts. Let the plant grow to about 2-3 ft. tall with a few dozen sprouts on the stems. Top the plant to stop it from growing taller and this will put more energy into the plant producing nicer sized sprouts.

If you let the plant continue to grow taller, it will still produce sprouts, but the bottom ones, which come in first, will be of decent size while the upper ones will remain pretty small and never fill out much.

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Virginia creeper and Johnson grass. :(

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Yep, and throw in nut grass, oxalis and bush killer vine while at it. All of them are nasty in the garden.

Pumpkin and brussel sprouts.