Fall Planting Guide

 

“What can you plant this time of year?” asked more than a few shoppers recently at Atherton Market. Fortunately I didn’t have to repeat the same ‘intro to fall gardening’ spiel  for six hours, and could simply point to our display rack packed with kale, collard greens, beet, Swiss chard, snap pea, spinach, and lettuce seedlings.  Once folks find out that there are lots of things to plant this time of year, then come the inevitable questions about spacing,  soil, and sunlight. Since the only information on the plain wooden plant labels we use is the handwritten name of the plant variety, here are some useful tips for growing a successful fall garden…

And since your garden is probably depleted of nutrients from the summer growing season, you might use this organic amendmend blend to replenish the soil before you plant...