Fall or Autumn, is nature’s most colorful time of the year. What beautiful colors and shades the leaves and flowers turn. Whether they are on the trees or on the ground, nature is at its finest for varying shades. You will certainly enjoy your garden at this time of the year with the colors and the produce that you can continue to reap.
I came across this wonderful article from the Better Homes and Garden website which gives many tips and information on planting and caring for your Fall garden.
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vegetable garden, but autumn also brings wonderful rewards. Fast-growing salad crops will revive the most bedraggled fall garden, and good care can keep sweet root crops and cabbage cousins growing for several weeks beyond the first frost. The tips below will help you extend your vegetable season long beyond the heat of summer.
Make room for your fresh crop of fall plants by ripping out any varieties that are no longer performing well (such as tomatoes that have succumbed to disease or peas that have burned out from the heat) or you have already harvested (potatoes, onions, or sweet corn, for example). Pull any weeds, as well, so they don’t steal moisture and nutrients from your young plants.
If your vegetable garden has a lot of clay in the soil, it’s helpful to work in some organic matter, such as compost, to get your new plants off to a great start.
You’ll probably grow most of the vegetables for your fall garden from seed. Use the extra seeds you didn’t plant in the spring or purchase new ones. Happily, many garden centers put their seeds on discount late in the season, so you might be able to save a lot of money by growing vegetables in fall.
The basics of starting with seeds are the same in autumn as in spring — use a high-quality seed-starting mix for best results. If you reuse the containers you used for your seeds in spring, be sure to wash them in a solution of one part bleach to 10 parts water to kill any disease organisms that might be lurking about.
Test Garden Tip: If you live in a hot-summer climate, you might need to start seeds of your favorite cool-season vegetables indoors; many do better in air-conditioning than they do in the heat. If you start your seeds directly outdoors, plant them a little deeper than you would in spring; the soil is typically moister and cooler and extra inch or two down.[/su_quote]
You can read the full article at Better Homes and Garden.