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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
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 Posted - Aug 17 2013 : 1:35:40 PM
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I was wondering what everyone is planting for fall?I've never done a fall garden. I live in southern Mississippi.
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
3442 Posts
Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 17 2013 : 1:58:40 PM
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I plant Brussels sprouts, english peas, broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, kale, carrots, cabbage, collards, oregano, cilantro, chard, this year I am tryin kohlrabi. I can not wait to plant currently the babies are all in the greenhouse growing.
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rough start farmgirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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marianne
The Beautiful Pacific NW
Washington State
USA
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Posted - Aug 17 2013 : 5:01:37 PM
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Wow, Kelly, that sounds amazing! I have never done a fall garden either! I am usually DONE by the end of summer ;)
Good luck and know I am a bit jealous!
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
3442 Posts
Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
3442 Posts |
Posted - Aug 17 2013 : 5:49:56 PM
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Marianne
It's a bit hard here in the heat, so when fall comes its so wonderful to garden. No bugs to speak of and plants look gorgeous compared to summer crops who look thirsty often. But I am grateful to get to garden year round. You would have to protect a bit more than I do, but it is rewarding and definitely a more comfortable time to garden here.
Farmgirl #5111
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~Kelly~ |
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Aug 18 2013 : 08:44:15 AM
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I live in southern MS so our growing season is fairly decent but we do get frost for a couple of months. Once I get my bearings I would like a greenhouse for those months. I am going to try collards and cabbage again. The cabbage planted during the summer got a strange slimy rot on them. It was smelly too! I am also giving another round to potatoes. I think the seeds I used were to old or something. It was a disappointment for sure.
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
3442 Posts
Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 18 2013 : 09:19:52 AM
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Michelle
We too get freezes but really makes most of the brassicas taste sweeter. The only thing it affects is the heads of broccoli so I just lightly cover them not the whole plant. Spinach some times is an issue if it is a hard freeze but not otherwise. English peas can not take freezes either. But everything else on my list does great. I wish you lots of luck, I think both cabbage and collards will do wonderful for you.
Farmgirl #5111
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Aug 19 2013 : 06:49:15 AM
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I'm heading out this weekend to the city to pick up a few plants. How do you think cucumbers will do? I had a few rotten cucumbers sprout and I planted them. The previous crop did not do well!
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
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Posted - Aug 19 2013 : 11:14:22 AM
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I do think cukes will do pretty good if planted pretty quickly and they can grow until the cold comes, but only in the greenhouse after cold hits. My Cukes did get too hot this year. But I have let them all go for now only because I want all the crops that grow well in the colder months to flourish. I also plant a lot of onion and garlic and they all grow superbly over the winter and harvest mid spring.
Farmgirl #5111
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mscountrygirl
True Blue Farmgirl
552 Posts
Michelle
Lucedale
Mississippi
USA
552 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2013 : 07:34:01 AM
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Our garlic did wonderfully this year! The cukes are already in the raised bed because I just transplanted them from inside a cinderblock to the bed. I hope I can get at least a few pints of pickles. I talked to the hubby and he agreed to fund a fall garden because I did pretty well with everything but tomatoes.
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lovinRchickens
True Blue Farmgirl
3442 Posts
Kelly
Pipe Creek
Texas
USA
3442 Posts |
Posted - Aug 20 2013 : 08:26:43 AM
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I am thrilled, just have to let go of the failures and keep on growing.
Farmgirl #5111
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~Kelly~ |
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