Anyone growing second crop?

[Mattemma]

With the hot summer and mild fall winter I think I can get a second crop going of some 60 day or less items.Got my seeds potted.Getting a little greenhouse from harbor freight in the fall,or just rig something with thick mil plastic.

Last winter was mild in Ohio I kept saying I could grow kale and stuff.I want to do it this time.Anyone else trying? Got some zukes,beets,and various greens started.

 

[Carols Clucks]

Being in SoCal, we are working on the next garden even as the first one is still pumping out tomatoes etc. More zucchini, cucs go in tomorrow, tomatoes next week most likely and then seeds started for the cold weather crops. Our tubs are ready to start lettuce etc, but that will not be for a few weeks.

We pruned the spring planted Zucs and they are busy coming back now.

 

[erinszoo]

We're starting on our fall garden too. We've never done one before but we did greenhouse last winter and grew tons of lettuce, peas, carrots, and spinach. The trick we found with greenhousing was growing stuff that doesn't need a lot of light level otherwise you have to supplement with light fixtures. Our fall garden is broccoli, cabbage, corn, squash, tomatoes, beans, and lettuce. The quinoa, sorghum, peppers, and sweet potatoes are still growing from spring so they'll get harvested too. Then later we'll plant brussel sprouts, carrots, rutabagas, parsnips, kale, lettuce, and spinach which can all grow into the cold weather of late fall/early winter.

We built our own greenhouse out of pvc pipe and heavy mil plastic sheets. It worked great over the raised beds we already had. If you have a much of snow load you would have to watch how steep you make the roof otherwise it will collapse under the weight. But it is a very economical way to go. Ours is 12 x 18 and we only spent about $50 total.

 

[Daisy8s]

I planted a fall garden this year for the very first time. I'm growing spinach, beets, carrots, and swiss chard.

I had an unexpected area come available as half my big garden space sprouted volunteer potatoes this spring. I wasn't happy about all that I obviously missed while harvesting last year but it was pretty amazing to get an extra harvest of potatoes this year. I dug them up two weeks ago (over 6 gallon buckets filled--mostly purple viking) and then decided to use this spot as my first ever fall garden.

I'm excited as this is my first attempt at carrots and beets--root crops seem daunting to me, I guess because I can't see what's going on down there!

 

[americanvalkyrie]

I'm waiting for my bush bean bed to finish producing, then I'll snip them off and use the bed for spinach. When the first frost hits, the bed beside it will wither as the basil and tomatoes give their final gasp. That will be lettuce. And my makeshift greenhouse will fit perfectly over them all. That's about all we can do through the winter, though. They're not crazy winters, but they're enough to really kink someone's plans.

 

[Valntyn]

I've kind of got a rotating garden going on this year, because of multiple plantings. It's neat, seeing patches growing tall and lush, while some things are getting ripped out to plant anew, while others have small seedlings growing... Our fridge's freezer and chest freezer are both full now... I guess I better hurry up and pick-out a new chest freezer before the rest of the harvest is ready to be put up and the ducks are ready to be processed! *chuckle*

 

[erinszoo]

I've kind of got a rotating garden going on this year, because of multiple plantings. It's neat, seeing patches growing tall and lush, while some things are getting ripped out to plant anew, while others have small seedlings growing... Our fridge's freezer and chest freezer are both full now... I guess I better hurry up and pick-out a new chest freezer before the rest of the harvest is ready to be put up and the ducks are ready to be processed! *chuckle*

Sounds like you're going to have to join the canning thread before long! Nice problem to have.

We rotate all year in our garden beds too. As soon as something finishes off we clean it out and add some new soil and turn it all up and then plant something else. Hoping our eggplants finally produce something now that the weather has cooled off from the 110 + temps we were having.

 

[Mattemma]

I hope I actually have enough one day to can! I had so any zukes last year,but they all failed this year.Only had cherry tomatoes,raspberries,strawberries,elderberries,and currants,Not even my beets and radishes did well.

I love the rotating and staggered planting.My seedlings are coming up. I am already working on building some sort of frame to hold a plastic cover over the bed for winter.

 

[math ace]

Sounds like you're going to have to join the canning thread before long! Nice problem to have.

We rotate all year in our garden beds too. As soon as something finishes off we clean it out and add some new soil and turn it all up and then plant something else. Hoping our eggplants finally produce something now that the weather has cooled off from the 110 + temps we were having.

I joined the canning thread last year. I expanded my garden for the third or fourth time and had more tomatoes and green beans than I knew what to do with. I canned so many veggies, that a year later, we are still eating through them. GOOD THING too, because my Spring 2012 garden was horrid. You betcha I am trying again for a Fall 2012 harvest. If it stops raining long enough today, I am planting some more seeds. I have little seedlings up already from last weekend's plantings.

 

[DianaMallory]

With the hot summer and mild fall winter I think I can get a second crop going of some 60 day or less items.Got my seeds potted.Getting a little greenhouse from harbor freight in the fall,or just rig something with thick mil plastic.
Last winter was mild in Ohio I kept saying I could grow kale and stuff.I want to do it this time.Anyone else trying? Got some zukes,beets,and various greens started.

Last winter was mild here I had green onions all winter long. and I just planted some the other day going to plant some more today. We have a freeze warning here this morning but I don't even have any frost in my yard! But we live in the woods and it takes a few days of freezing temps to get cold enough for it to get to the ground. I have turnips and beets growing I have not harvested and won't until we get a good freeze. My brussel sprouts are not doing well they don't even have their brussels yet. I tried to grow them as a winter crop before but didn't work for me. So I planted them in the spring this year. Time to set up the green house so I don't have to go out in the winter and do it!