18-21 weeks after average date of last frost

 18-21 weeks after average date of last frost

My Dates:  8/21-9/11 2024 ________2025 ________2026 ________2027
DIRECT SOWING
TRANSPLANTING
DIRECT SOWING
HARVEST Root Crops: Harvest as needed and leave the rest in the garden to sweeten in cold weather Brussels Sprouts: Harvest sprouts after frost.   (from transplanting) Continue Harvesting Butternut Winter Squash (92 days)  Lacinato Kale (70 days) Aug 13- Sept 2 Hearts of Gold Cantaloupe (83 days)  Aug 16-Sept 5 Crimson Sweet Watermelon (86 days) Aug 18-Oct 22  Emerald Okra (60 days)  Aug 21-Oct 27 Black Beauty Eggplant (77 day)  California Wonder Pepper (77 days) Roma Tomato (56 days) Aug 31-Oct 22 Cherokee Purple Tomato (81 days) Heirloom Rainbow Blend Tomato Mortgage Lifter Tomato (87 days)

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.

Red Acre Cabbage

 

Source: MIgardener

Red Acre cabbage is a tightly packed head reaching 6 inches in diameter and weighing around 6lbs, making this great family sized cabbage. Developed from wild cabbages grown off the coast of the Mediterranean, this cabbage is great for all of your cooking and fermenting needs. It's also resistant to Cabbage yellowing Disease. You can stat indoor 6-8weeks before last frost or direct sow as soon as the ground is useable. 

-Kathryn

Pak Choi

 

source: MIgardener

Late season Pak Choi thrives in the cooler temperatures of autumn as long as you know when to plant it so that you can get your crop before colder temperatures arrive. It matures in 60 days, so for a fall harvest, you can sow seeds on your windowsill in August up to early September to transplant out in your bed in 28 days, in September or October if you provide the plants with protection such as a cold frame. It will be ready to harvest in October-November. Mulch fall crops heavily and keep them consistently moist.

-Phyllis

Nantes Carrots

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An early fall crop of carrots can be planted for a harvest about 75 days later, although it would be best to allow an extra week or two for ‘Nantes’ to reach maturity in the fall because their growth slows as the weather cools. For carrots their germination is unreliable so it is better to plant plenty and plan to thin your seedlings if too many germinate. Six seeds per inch is a good amount to plant. Space rows eight inches apart in the raised bed and cover the seeds with a quarter to half-inch of the light medium. Water the seeds in lightly with a spray bottle or a fine mist from the garden hose, and then keep the top two inches of that soil moist but not soggy until germination occurs, which can be anywhere from 10 to 21 days. Be careful to water at the soil line, not from overhead, to avoid waterborne pathogens. Keep the seedlings thinned properly so they have space to grow and ample air circulation.

-Phyllis

Purple and White Vienna Kohlrabi

source: MIgardener

Kohlrabi was first recorded around 1554 in Italy when the botanist Matthiolus spoke of the veggie as “having come lately into Italy.” Its name, however, translates to “cabbage turnip” in German and derives from idea that it may be a cross between cabbage and rape, and, like most heirlooms, came with immigrants to the U.S. The Purple Vienna, also known as Di Vienna Violetto, predates 1860 and is presumably from Austria. This old heirloom variety has purple skin covering a faintly greenish-white flesh that has superb flavor. The tops are small, and the leaves are both colorful and edible. Just treat them like you would kale. Harvest the attractive purple kohlrabi's at 2½" in diameter for the finest texture. You can direct sow in early spring for a summer harvest, or in August to harvest in the cool weather of the fall and winter. This is the most economical kohlrabi to use for microgreens, and their flavor is exceptional.

Read more at Gardening Know How: Learn About Purple Vienna Kohlrabi Plants   https://blog.gardeningknowhow.com/tbt/early-purple-vienna-kohlrabi/

source: MIgardner

White Vienna Kohlrabi is similar to Purple Vienna Kohlrabi, but with light green bulbs and green leaves. Give kohlrabi leaves a rinse and eat them raw in a salad, or cook them as you would any other leafy green

Cylindra Beets

source: MIgardener

	Seed to Harvest	Direct Sow	Harvest
Ideal	10-16 weeks (70-182 days)	June	September- October
Cylinda Beet	54 days	Mid-Late August Late June	October onward Mid-Late August

 

Red Russian Kale

Red Russian Kale, source: MIgardener

	Sow	Seed to Transplant	Transplant	Harvest
Ideal	May	8-10 weeks (56-70 days)	July	14-18 weeks, November to April
Red Russian Kale	Mid August- beginning of September	3-4 weeks	Beginning to Mid-September	October onward