We have kale that is big & DELICIOUS! Super low-maintenance.

Anonymous wrote:One of the issues that I have had, is that it is too hot in August and even sometimes in Sept. for many cold crops (like broccoli or sprout) to get started and they wilt in the heat before the cold weather comes.

I have had more success in beans (until frost) and the hard lettuces.

I'm not OP, but I have read you can put a board over the seeds while they germinate, or even put ice over the soil here and there to cool it down (maybe Barbara Pleasant posted about this in her blog I love. . .). But I am a newbie myself, so I am just relaying what I plan to attempt to do. I might also try to germinate indoors in wet paper towels in water.

This is my first year, but it's my understanding that broccoli is an excellent cold season crop, as well as several cold tolerant lettuces, spinach, and asparagus. Im not sure if I read the calendar in your link correctly, but I think we are at day "70"ish, and it says you can plant spinach now but spinach is more a cold season crop. So this is my plan.

One of the issues that I have had, is that it is too hot in August and even sometimes in Sept. for many cold crops (like broccoli or sprout) to get started and they wilt in the heat before the cold weather comes.

I have had more success in beans (until frost) and the hard lettuces.

OP here. I've done some digging and came up with the following fall veggie growing calendar.

Any help on the local spots to buy plants would be appreciated.

http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/426/426-334/426-334_pdf.pdf

I know, super early, but I'm a planner. With my spring/summer garden taking off for the second year, I'd like to try to extend my growing season through the fall. Any help with the following questions is appreciated:

1) what grows well here?
2) when do you put the plants in?
3) if I was going to start from seed, where should I let them grow? Outside seems like the winter heat would kill them.
4) if you purchase your fall vegetable plants, where do you buy them?
5) do I re-fertilize the garden between the summer and fall gardens?

Any help with these or anything else I haven't mentioned is appreciated.

TIA