Summer is ending, and fall is fast approaching. For many, that means chilly nights and preparing for winter. However, for professional gardeners and hobbyists, fall means that a new set of vegetables must be grown to suit the season better!

 

No more worrying about the sun scorching your skin or changing clothes after a long day in the garden because of how sweaty you are. Just like the climate, gardening is going to be a lot more chill.

 

The vegetables to choose from are abundant; however, should you be planting for the fall season? Here are a few herbs that you should be eyeing and a few tips to get you through fall!

 

Cold Season Vegetables For Getting You Through Fall!

 

When growing your garden through fall, you have to go for plants that appreciate the cold winds and climate that it brings with it. That includes leafy greens and snappy root vegetables such as carrots.

 

Here are a few of our picks for the best fall vegetables that you should plant now!

 

Beans

 

Most, if not all, beans grow reasonably quickly and can give you an abundance of harvests up until the frost of winter comes to bite you. We suggest doing succession planting with beans and using them as filler if you have extra space that needs something to grow in.

 

They’re not especially good at being cover plants, but they’re great at taking up space and preventing the soil from eroding and going bad.

 

Broccoli

 

If you’re looking for something to plant late into the summer so that you can have a fall harvest, broccoli is a pretty safe bet. As long as you cover the buds and protect them during sudden cold spells at night, you should be fine!

 

Collards

 

These greens are trendy in gardens near the south because of how easy it is to grow. Not to mention that because it’s a leafy green, it’s packed full of nutrients and vitamins.

 

As long as you plant it during cold seasons, it should grow fine on its own. You don’t have to cover it during cold spells too because it tastes mildly sweeter when the frost touches it!

 

Leafy Brassica Greens

 

Leafy brassica greens are a wide variety of vegetables that belong to the cabbage family. Any greens that are under this family are suited ideally for the cold climate that fall brings, and you can start planting them right now since the seedlings are tolerant of heat as well!

 

Mustard greens and vegetables such as kale will brighten your plate ang have pure flavors that can highlight and complement other ingredients in a dish! Turning greens and bok choy are also great, but they don’t produce any edible roots more often than not.

 

Fall Pest Control

 

It’s common to find pests and disease on your crops; knowing how to deal with them or possibly deter them is what separates good gardeners from bad ones. The most common pests that you’ll be seeing a lot during spring when you plant a lot of greens is the cross-striped cabbageworm.

 

These little worms identifiable by their single yellow stripe and multiple cross-stripes can damage your cabbages by a lot. Just one of these worms can put holes in most of your leafy greens if left alone and not exterminated.

 

An easy way of killing these worms is by spraying BTK or Bacillus thuringiensis on them. These won’t harm your cabbages, but they will remove any eggs or parasites that may be crawling on your leafy greens!

 

Aphids are also reasonably ordinary, but antibacterial soap should do the trick. Just make sure to check your garden for any bugs that may be creeping and crawling and look them up to see if they’re harmful or not!

 

Clean Your Garden

 

Before it gets too cold, make sure to clean up your garden by pulling up dead plants and throwing away the diseased ones. The infected plants and fungal diseases can linger on fallen leaves and stems, making it standard practice to remove them before planting a new batch of crops.

 

You can throw the dead plants, branches, or stems in the compost, but make sure that they aren’t diseased or spread in your compost!

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