🍂 It Rained This Morning... Hello, Fall Planting Season!🌱

This morning, it rained — and just like that, it felt official: fall is here.

The air is cooler. The soil smells rich. The garden is calling again... and I’m answering by getting my-cool-season vegetables in the ground!

Contrary to popular belief, the growing season isn’t over — it’s just shifting.

Fall is prime time to plant certain crops that love cooler temps and will reward you with a late-season harvest (or a strong start for spring).

🥬 What You Can Plant Right Now for a Fall Harvest:

Depending on your growing zone, here's what you can still sow or transplant this season:

🥦 Cool-Season Vegetables:

• Spinach – fast-growing and sweetens with frost

• Lettuce – loose-leaf varieties thrive in cooler weather

• Arugula – peppery and quick to harvest

• Radishes – ready in just 3–4 weeks!

• Turnips – both the roots and greens are edible

• Beets – plant now for sweet roots and tender greens

• Kale – hardy, productive, and better after a chill

• Swiss chard – colorful and frost-tolerant

• Broccoli & Cabbage – if you’ve got starts, pop them in now

  
  

🧄 Bonus Plant: Garlic!

Plant garlic now, harvest next summer. It’s the ultimate set-it-and-forget-it crop!

🍁 Fall Is a Season of Opportunity

Fall gardening is one of my favorites — fewer pests, cooler weather, and crops that practically grow themselves once they’re established.

Even just a few garden beds or containers can keep you harvesting into winter and beyond. And don’t forget to mulch — it keeps soil warm and holds moisture as the air gets drier.

🤔 What About You?

I want to know —

🌱Are you still planting?

🍂What’s going in your garden this fall?

🛑Or are you calling it for the season and letting the soil rest?

There’s no wrong answer — every gardener has a rhythm. Some go all year, others take a break. But sharing helps us all grow smarter and more inspired.

🌍 Let’s Grow Together

We’re always sharing garden tips, seasonal planting guides, and inspiration from our food forest to yours.

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Drop a comment, tag us in your garden pics, and let’s keep the conversation going. One season might be ending, but in the garden — there’s always something new beginning. 🌱💚