re: 2026 Fall Garden Thread

How do you feel about greens. Collards, turnip and mustard greens should be OK.

Swiss Chard, leaf lettuces, kale, spinach, etc. should grow well into the fall and love cold weather and should do well in that small of a space.

I'd stay away from what I call one and done plants like cabbage and cauliflower. Broccoli is a bit different since you pick the main head first and the plant will produce side shoots of smaller, individual shoots of broccoli that can be harvested over several weeks. Problem with broccoli is they tend to get big and 4 x 4 is not a big area.

Look at a planting guide for your particular zone to see what they recommend. I'm in N.O. and that is Zone 9 and all of the above work well for me and usually last into the early spring.

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carrots.

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AI told me to do this, ordered the seeds, supposed to be here yesterday.

Royal Chantenay and Detroit Red beets.

I’m thinking about calling it a year and just doing a heavy mulch.

My beds have fought the good fight and are just tired. Even the okra is struggling.

6wks, 2 decent rains.

[embed]I’m thinking about calling it a year and just doing a heavy mulch.

My beds have fought the good fight and are just tired. Even the okra is struggling.

6wks, 2 decent rains.[/embed]

Don't give up. The fall garden is waaaaaaaay easier than the spring/summer. Each day in the fall gets better.

I added a couple inches of mulch covered with a couple inches of grass clippings a month or so ago. The mulch is breaking down nicely.

I plant broc/cauli/cabbage around the labor day weekend. Garlic in October. Onions on 12/15 or so.

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cucumber seeds went into the ground monday. my 4 year old daughter helped, she's eagerly waiting for them to grow. this morning she woke up before 6 am and asked if we could go check if they grew yet

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Quickest sprouting and growing vegetable is the radish, but most don't get too excited about them since they can be an acquired taste.

With at least one more week of 100+ temperatures with no rain we may have to give up on our fall crop. The turnip green seeds plants are coming up, but if we don't water them twice a day they start to suffer.

This thread is quiet. I assume we're all just waiting for cooler temps? Lol

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I assume we're all just waiting for cooler temps? Lol

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Yeah, I don't have anything going on right now. Waiting for my strawberry plugs to come in next month. And I have a lot of cleanup to do. Definitely waiting for cooler temps before I start some of the projects.

I need to replace some of the rotten wood border around the garden, do some drip irrigation repair, bring in some fresh dirt, and bring in some more mulch for the walking areas. Still too hot for all that.

way too hot
I still have to take out the spring garden which is now a jungle

it will be there when I’m ready

I planted some broccoli but the deer ate it, so other than the cucumbers I've got going I've given up. Gotta build a fence prior to next spring. The deer are constantly destroying my stuff.