Are you looking at your garden wondering what fall vegetables you can plant to harvest in a few months? Fall is right around the corner, as are shorter days, so now is the time to start thinking about your fall planting!
Luckily, there is no shortage of veggies to plant for a fall harvest. Late July or early August is the perfect time depending on your zone so your cool-season vegetables will start to produce in early fall. The plants that produce in September and October could continue into November and December.
Fall gardening allows you to enjoy fresh produce well into the cooler months but also provides an opportunity to grow vegetables that thrive in cooler temperatures. Here’s a guide to the best vegetables to plant for fall crops, ensuring you maximize your garden’s potential this autumn.
A little trick to make sure they’re ready before the first frost in your area, look at the “days to maturity” on the plant tag or seed package, then count backward from your area’s estimated first frost date.
1 – Baby Carrots
There is just something amazing about baby carrots. They’re tiny, delicious, and
healthy! You can easily plant baby carrots now and harvest them in the fall. They grow
quickly but also make a great veggie for side dishes this fall.
2 – Kale
With Fall right around the corner, you’re probably wondering which veggies will easily
harvest. Well, Kale is a great option for a fall harvest. There are also several different
kinds of Kale to be considered for planting. Red Winter Kale does well in for the fall
harvest.
3 – Spinach
Spinach is one of those veggies that you can enjoy in a lot of dishes. However, Spinach
is easy to plant and harvest for fall. Just as lettuce can be snipped on the outer edges to
allow the plant to continue to produce, so can Spinach!
4 – Turnips
Turnips are a wonderful veggie to plant for a fall harvest. While the leaves are ready to
go sooner than the roots, it’s all around a wonderful veggie to enjoy. White Globe and
White Egg make awesome turnip varieties to plant.
5 – Lettuce
When you plant lettuce, you probably don’t realize how quickly lettuce can be
harvested. Within a month, you can enjoy almost any type of lettuce. Lettuce is also
great because you can cut the outside leaves and the plant will continue to grow.
Lettuce is a great veggie to plant for a fall harvest.
6 – Cucumbers
A fast growing veggie is the cucumber and it’s delicious, even during the fall harvest.
The best thing about cucumbers is that they aren’t a lot of work. You can plant them
and enjoy your harvest very soon!
7 – Peas
While peas aren’t always everyone’s favorite veggie, they do deserve credit. They’re
easy to plant and easy to grow! Plus, when fall rolls around, they’re perfect to harvest.
8 – Sugar Peas
Just like its family members, the pea, sugar peas are easy to plant and harvest,
especially during the fall months. Sugar peas are an easier on-the-go veggie and can be
enjoyed as you travel to all those fun corn mazes this fall.
9 – Garlic
You may not even know that garlic is a vegetable, but it is! Many experts would
recommend planting garlic in late August or early September.
10 – Various herbs
When it comes to planting herbs, you may think you have to do those early in the
summer season, not true. You can plant herbs like basil, thyme, parsley, and oregano
now to harvest for fall.
11 – Green onions
Green onions make the perfect topping for almost any savory dish. Don’t forget to plant
some of these now, so you can harvest them in the fall.
12 – Rutabagas
Rutabagas aren’t as well known for harvesting, but they are something you should
really give a try. Planting these now will ensure they’re ready for a fall harvest.
Wishing you the best of luck with your upcoming Fall Harvest!
