What Should I Plant This Fall?

There are bare spots in the garden, which makes me think ahead to the fall, even though it's still hot August around here.

I will plant garlic for sure. My garlic harvest this year was fantastic, nice huge bulbs. It's the second year I've grown it and I'd read it gets better and better as you replant the prior year's crops and it adapts to your soil and climate. I have a huge lush braid hanging in the kitchen and am just finishing using up the last of the tiny bulbs from last year's crop.

Broccoli is high on my list. We all like to eat it. I've grown it before and it did well. The cauliflower I tried one year also did well but I was totally grossed out by all the snails that seemed to live on the underside of it so I'll probalby skip that.

Lettuce, of course, and hopefully my herbs will keep going for a while.

I have beets I have yet to harvest. They were sort of hidden between the peas and beans and I frankly forgot about them until I was clearing out the dead pea vines today and weeding. I presume they're still good to eat and believe I can plant some more for fall/winter.

I haven't done leeks for a few years and think I'll do those again. I can eat leek and potato soup nearly every day and be happy, yet rarely buy them as they seem outrageously priced when I know how easy they are to grow for myself.

My swiss chard is still going great and I just planted some more seeds figuring the existing plants will give up the ghost pretty soon. I just keep cutting off leaves around the outside of the plants and they keep growing new ones. And they're so pretty!