Isn't it really just so super-cool- tiny little seeds that grow so quickly and also provide food? Really stop and wonder. Wonder like "Wow!" Scratch up some soil and in they go. A few weeks to a few months later it is time to collect the bounty!

It is time to get some seeds in the autumn vegetable garden. Check out our proven schedule!

JULY 19-AUGUST 2

• Direct Sow last plantings of fast maturing snap beans, cucumbers and summer squash.
• Begin planting cilantro, lettuce and radishes.
• Start cabbage family seedlings indoors, set out seedlings into garden as soon as they can be transplanted.

AUG 2-AUG 16

• Set out Broccoli, Brussel Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower plants.
• Direct sow beets, carrots, escarole, leeks, scallions, along with more lettuce and radishes.
• Fast maturing peas.

AUG 16–SEPT 5th

• Direct sow arugula, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, turnips, spinach, mustard, pac choi, and other Asian greens.
• Sow more lettuce & radishes, including daikons.
• Last week of August: final sowing of spinach and mache, final sowing of lettuce.

SEPT-OCT

• Onion sets, Garlic, Shallots.

SUCCESS TIPS

• Add some more Bumper Crop to your soil to re-enrich for the new plantings.
• Be sure to remember your little plants have little root systems and keep them well watered. Some seeds will take longer to germinate- be sure to keep the soil moist for them.
• Chopped leaves, straw or layers of newspaper in between rows will keep moisture in, weeds down and give the worms some new work.
• A frost barrier (lightweight blanket) will allow harvesting of lettuce, spinach and other greens even as far as Christmas!

Information obtained from Mother Earth News, Aug/Sept 2009