Fall Gardening

We are already getting to about the midway point of the fall gardening season here...at least with crops that can't handle a little frost of light freeze. It has been unusually wet and also cool for this part of the world. We have received over 7" of rain over the last month and a half, and many days the temperature hasn't gotten out of the 60's. A lot of what we have planted looks great, some looks like it would have preferred a few more sunny days. But, after a dry summer it is nice to not have to water the garden.

Let's see, for the fall garden we planted:
broccoli
broccoli raab (first time - it is really growing well)
cabbage
mesclun mix lettuce
mustard greens
kale
collards
tat soi
spinach
beets
turnips radishes
Swiss Chard

We have already been harvesting many of the greens varieties that we planted. One of my favorite crops...easy to grow and darn good eating.

Also, I planted four of my artichokes into the garden. I'll have to protect them from the cold this winter in hopes that they make it through to produce in the spring. I have three others potted that I will overwinter in and out of the greenhouse as conditions dictate, and that will be planted outdoors late in the winter. They are a little high maintenance at this stage in our area - not TOO HOT, not TOO COLD, not TOO WET, not TOO DRY - but, I hope to get a crop of chokes out of them in the spring.