10 crops you can plant right now

Early November edible garden

Saturday, September 11, 2021 

Mid September is a great time to get many crops going for fall and winter harvesting.  Leverage all your garden space, in the ground and pots, to keep eating fresh all year round.

Here are 10 crops that you can plant seeds for that love the cool weather that is coming.

Peas-Austrian winter peas, conventional peas or snowless  Time to plant peas!

Greens-arugula, chard, corn salad, escarole, frisée, kale, lettuce, mache, mustard greens, sorrel, spinach  Homegrown, organic salads in a Midwest winter
Beets  All about beautiful beets

Carrots  All you need to know about growing carrots

Fava beans  Grow a European favorite-the fava or broad bean

Kohlrabi  Time to plant kohlrabi seeds

Winter and Perennial Onions  Everything to know about growing onions

Radish  Easy to grow crispy, peppery radishes

Scallions

Turnips  All about turnips

Now is a good time to buy covers to extend the season.  I love my portable greenhouse that I just plop over the top of my pots to harvest greens for salads all through the fall and winter.  You can also put this over crops in the garden bed or use row covers.  Extend the season with protection for plants

September is also a great month for starting perennial veggies, fruits, and herbs as well as flowers, trees and shrubs.  Midwest Perennial Vegetable Garden