August zone 7

Bed 1							Bed 2
1  ft.			1 ft.				1 ft.	1 ft.
Bok Choy						1	Bok Choy
Leeks						2	Leeks
Beans and Peas				Beets Turnips		3	Kale	Beans and peas
						4
						5	Tatsoi
						6	Kohlrabi
Bed 3							Bed 4
Scarlet Runner Beans						1	Kohlrabi	Beans and peas
						2	Tatsoi
Henderson Limas						3	Maxibel Harcoit
						4
Radishes				Tomatoes		5 Trellis	Tomatoes	Carrots, Radishes
						6 Trellis

Overview

Late-summer and fall offer zone 7 gardeners a second chance to plant. The trick is to wait until the really hot weather has passed, but not wait too long or the plants won't have time to mature before the cold and dark of midwinter. Cold-hardy plants can be planted in late August, September and even early October. Cold-hardy vegetables that can withstand heavy frost of air temperatures below 28 include spinach, Walla Walla sweet onion, garlic, leeks, rhubarb, rutabaga, broccoli, kohlrabi, kale, cabbage, chicory, Brussels sprouts, arugula, fava beans, radish, mustard, Austrian winter pea and turnip.

Semi-hardy vegetables that can withstand light frost of air temperatures in the range of 28 to 32 degrees include beets, spring market carrots, parsnip, lettuce, chard, pea, Chinese cabbage, endive, radicchio, cauliflower, parsley and celery.

What does the Windowsill look like in August?

Sow on windowsill (9) Spinach, Bloomsdale on August 10.
Sow on windowsill (8) Lettuce, Buttercrunch Head on August 13.

Sow on windowsill (9) Spinach, American on August 24.

Jerusalem Artichokes

What do the garden beds look like in August?

Start Off- Direct Sow

Direct sow Kale, Blue Curled Scotch August 1 .

Direct sow (4) Kale, Red Russian August 1 

Direct sow (18) Turnip, Purple Top White Globe  about August 2. 

Direct sow (16) Peas, Dwarf Sugar Snow.

Direct sow (32) Carrots, Scarlet Nantes  about August 11.

Direct sow (16) Radish, Black Spanish  about August 14.

Direct sow (18) Beans, Henderson Lima  about mid-August.

Direct sow (18) Bean, Maxibel Haricot Green 

Direct sow (16) Peas, Dwarf Sugar Snow 

Grow On

(18) Leek, American Flag

Mortgage Lifter, Cherokee Purple and Purple Bumblebee Tomatoes

(8) Beans, Scarlet Runner 

(18) Kohlrabi, White and Purple Vienna

(8) Bok Choi 

(18) Beet, Cylindra 

Harvest

Mortgage Lifter, Cherokee Purple and Purple Bumblebee Tomatoes 

By August Turnip greens are ready to harvest. You can harvest greens when turnips are small; the leaves taste best when young and tender. Cut leaves 2 inches above the base; they may grow back. Harvest jut a few at a time, if also growing for roots.

August 1, 2023

Blue Curly Leaf Kale and Red Russian Kale

Direct sow fall crop of Kales.

August 7.2023

Peas

Direct sow fall crop of Dwarf Sugar Peas.

August 14, 2023

Radish

Direct sow fall crop of Black Spanish Radish.

August 20,2023

Purple and White Vienna Kohlrabi

Direct sow Purple and White Vienna Kohlrabi.

August 28, 2023

Red Russian Kale

Transplant Red Russian Kale into the garden bed.

Nantes Carrots

Direct sow fall crop of Nantes Carrots.