It has been quite a few yrs since I've had the time & oppurtunity & space to have a garden here in NH. I know its getting late but I seem to remember that lettuce,spinach, and maybe broccoli can grow if ya plant them now. Is anyone a gardening expert and can tell me which veggies would be the best to grow here at this time of year?
Lettuce and spinach definately work this time of year. You want to do leafy greans right now, since they can handle cold temperatures that fruiting plants cannot. You can also start garlic and onions now for next year.
fall gardening? im prepping the garden for winter allready. first frost should hit within the next week or two. hopfully later, I still have a lot of green tomatoes. up here the weather gets to be little hit & miss this time a year. Thier might not be a hard frost untill october, but ive seen a foot snow the 2nd week of september been dropping below 40 ovenight last few days (2-5 deg C)
Any of your greens will be fine..I think some of them are even better after a frost has covered them. Broccoli and cauliflower are fine. Any root crops can be planted in fall...beets,turnips,carrots,etc.
KALE!! kale loves cold, it tastes sweeter after some frosts turnip greens, chard, mustard greens, kohlrabi, put in garlic in the fall i'm pulling all the remnants of my summer garden and moving my other sproutlings into their proper spaces in the garden if i get the right weather to do it. next year, you might want to have a bit of space to start the seeds for your fall garden sometime in aug--well, the bigger plants anyways. and then you can transplant them over as your summer crops finish up.
i dont know much about veggies. but i just helped my mom make the fall garden. i had so much fun and the earth felt wonderful in my hands. The aroma was amazing! ahhh...ne ways im not sure this helps anyone out but if you are worried about the FROST coming i heard of a technique that worked with the mums we planted: Just carefully cover your plant with a plastic bag and secure it loosley around the bottom so you it doesnt blow away. Then just hope it makes it through the night. The bag keeps in the moisture and heat<--(i think)...well it keeps the plant alive. Just make sure you take it off as the sun comes up or maybe an hour or two after or else it'll fry the poor things. oh you have to be careful removing the bags too you dont want to rip your beautiful greenery.
