The garden clock is winding down all over the midwest, but out back pumpkins are still ripening; lettuces, spinach, peas, and green onions --my fall plantings-- are up and running. Brussels sprouts are ready to harvest, tomatoes just keep coming, and peppers of all sorts are turning various shades of red and yellow. One vine of butternut squash, a new venture for me, has over a dozen offerings. They can be left on the vine until the first frost.
Several large containers of spinach and bibb lettuce can be put in my three season porch or covered when the cold hits. This weekend I may sow more carrots, a Thanksgiving staple here.
Most state extension services recommend vegetables which can be grown during the fall. Many such as cole crops, spinach, and lettuce actually thrive during cool weather.
Fall is a good time to save seed from flower and vegetable plants for next year's garden.
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