Summer isn\u2019t going to last forever, so should you just wait until next\u00a0year to start your garden?\u00a0 No.<\/p>\n
While your potential for late planting will depending on the zone you\u00a0are living in, there is still time to get plants in the ground for\u00a0almost everyone even without season extension tools like a green house\u00a0or low tunnel.\u00a0 Leafy greens and root crops like carrots and radishes\u00a0easily tolerate the declining amount of sunlight and cooling\u00a0temperatures this time of year in most places.<\/p>\n
Late-Season Start<\/strong><\/p>\n Find out what the\u00a0first frost date is for your zone, and check out the packages of what\u00a0seeds you have available for crops that can be harvested prior to your\u00a0first frost date, if planted soon.\u00a0 If that\u2019s a little too much math\u00a0for you, or if you don\u2019t have seeds currently and are unsure what\u00a0seeds you should purchase for late summer early fall here is a link to\u00a0a free online planting calculator\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n Planning Ahead\u00a0<\/strong> You could starting building raised bed frames.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t require\u00a0spending tons of money at your local big box home improvement store on\u00a0lumber.\u00a0 Untreated wood (you will always want to use untreated wood in\u00a0constructing raised beds so as not to contaminate your soil and food\u00a0with harmful chemicals) can be easily be obtained in most areas in the\u00a0form of used pallets.\u00a0 Make sure you ask first so you don\u2019t get the\u00a0cops called on you for stealing, and make sure you are taking the\u00a0unpainted pallets, the blue or red pallets the ones that the business\u00a0is going to want to keep most of the time and the ones that you want\u00a0to avoid because of contaminates in the wood.<\/p>\n Winter Compost<\/strong><\/p>\n And every garden needs compost.\u00a0 You can always start a compost pile.\u00a0Things don\u2019t break down as fast in the winter, but you can keep things\u00a0reasonable warm in your pile by doing simple things like placing it in\u00a0an area that receives sunlight and covering it with black plastic.\u00a0If you don\u2019t have a garden already, don\u2019t wait, break the inertia and\u00a0get started today so that next spring you can have a much more\u00a0productive growing season.<\/p>\n If you like\u00a0this, you might also like:<\/b><\/p>\n Summer isn\u2019t going to last forever, so should you just wait until next\u00a0year to start your garden?\u00a0 No. While your potential for late planting will depending on the zone you\u00a0are living in, there is still time to get plants in the ground for\u00a0almost everyone even without season extension tools like a green house\u00a0or low tunnel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\nDon\u2019t be discouraged if your favorite crops didn\u2019t make the list for\u00a0late planting.\u00a0 There will always be next year, but that\u2019s no reason\u00a0to wait.\u00a0 A functional and productive garden takes more than seeds in\u00a0the ground, and there is plenty that can be done any time of year to\u00a0get you ready to grow what you are more excited about.<\/p>\nAdvanced Gardening Course To Accelerate Your Food Production\u2026<\/a><\/h3>\n
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