In the late fall, you want to plant GREEN vegetables in North or East Texas. Think Green.
Cabbage does very well during the winter. So does Broccoli or any of the greens (spinach, kale, etc...). Root vegetables also do well over the winter here in Texas. Anything that doesn't flower and produce a "fruit" (like a melon, squash, tomato, cucumber, eggplant, etc...). I like to plant turnips and radishes, but I enjoy the greens as much as using the actual turnip or radish bulb. Green Onion also does well in the Texas winters, provided the winter isn't too harsh.
If you want to start a garden in early Fall and get a harvest in before the first freeze, you can start with planting quick growing vegetables in mid August. You can get in a good harvest of beans, peas, okra and other things as an early Fall planted crop, harvest in November while the weather is still warm.
Turnips, there is also a turnip variety called Seven Top which you only harvest the greens, radishes, red beets, collard greens, Swiss chard, mustard greens, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, kale, spinach, carrots.
There are probably more. These are just the ones I know. I plan to build some cold frames to keep lettuce going too.
Edit: if you can get your hands on seed potatoes you can plant them 100 days before the typical first frost. I’m thinking in hotter climates the fall potatoes might actually be better. Getting seed potatoes past spring seems to be a challenge.
Beautiful!
Depending on where you live it’s possible to garden well into fall and winter. Some plants are very cold hardy and actually improve with the cold.
I live in north Texas - any suggestions for cold tolerant crops?
In the late fall, you want to plant GREEN vegetables in North or East Texas. Think Green.
Cabbage does very well during the winter. So does Broccoli or any of the greens (spinach, kale, etc...). Root vegetables also do well over the winter here in Texas. Anything that doesn't flower and produce a "fruit" (like a melon, squash, tomato, cucumber, eggplant, etc...). I like to plant turnips and radishes, but I enjoy the greens as much as using the actual turnip or radish bulb. Green Onion also does well in the Texas winters, provided the winter isn't too harsh.
If you want to start a garden in early Fall and get a harvest in before the first freeze, you can start with planting quick growing vegetables in mid August. You can get in a good harvest of beans, peas, okra and other things as an early Fall planted crop, harvest in November while the weather is still warm.
Excellent info! When would be the suggested time to plant broccoli and kale?
Late September or October is good for planting broccoli and kale. Harvest in December and January.
There are maps on line showing what "zone" you are in. Then you can look specifically for when to plant anything in your zone.
Turnips, there is also a turnip variety called Seven Top which you only harvest the greens, radishes, red beets, collard greens, Swiss chard, mustard greens, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, peas, kale, spinach, carrots.
There are probably more. These are just the ones I know. I plan to build some cold frames to keep lettuce going too.
Edit: if you can get your hands on seed potatoes you can plant them 100 days before the typical first frost. I’m thinking in hotter climates the fall potatoes might actually be better. Getting seed potatoes past spring seems to be a challenge.