Yes it is time to plant your ‘Fall Garden’.
Around this time of year in Idaho and next week in Utah is the time to plant your Fall Garden.
I usually plant peas, cress, lettuce, spinach and radishes. This crop will be the sweetest and most rewarding crop in your garden. Because of the cooler temperatures, the radishes and lettuce don’t ‘go to seed’. Going to seed is when the radishes don’t form but the tops go to seed. This makes the radish very bitter and hard, not good at all.
Even when it freezes, the lettuce and radishes aren’t harmed. They seem to be sweeter because of the cool weather.
So if you have any seeds laying around from this Spring, plant today !!!!!
I planted on August 3rd and my radishes are up now and looking good. You can even plant in the same row that finished growing, like lettuce, radishes or peas.
Just dig up the row, dig the old vegetables in or put them in the compost and then plant the new vegetables.
NOTE: I recently read that in order to have radishes that aren’t hot, water them when they are young and tender. Keep them damp, and they will be much sweeter too. Most of these Fall vegetables like lots of water so watch them closely.
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