Timestamps. These are the 10 crops I recommend planting in late July or August for a fall garden and harvest. Beets, Turnips, Rutabagas, Carrots, Kale, Collards, Broccoli, Cauliflower, Brussels, and Cabbage. And I present my transplant tip for brassicas.

0:00 Introduction + Why Plant Cool Crops Now?
0:40 NO Compost Basic Prep for Direct Seeding
2:38 Leveling Off the Best with Topsoil
3:18 Beet Harvest & Planting Example
4:28 How Deep to Loosen the Soil?
5:00 Seed Spacing Basics & Guidelines
6:15 Space Harvesting Trick (Every Other)
6:58 Use of Shade & Shade Cloth for Better Germination
8:36 Planting Beet, Turnip, Rutabaga & Similar Seeds
9:14 Watering Basics for Direct Seeding
10:00 Experiment with Direct Seeding Times
11:12 Carrot Harvest & Planting Plan
12:11 Compost Bed Prep for Direct Seeding
12:45 Rain May Not be Enough – Here is Why!
16:14 Direct Seeding Carrots & Brassicas
17:00 Brassica Transplant Direct Seeding Tip
19:10 Cabbage Harvest Example & Spacing Tips
20:14 Cabbage Seeding (Same for Broccoli, Brussels & Cauliflower)
21:10 Conclusion & ‘Don’t Over Plant’

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  2. Shims! 🤯 great tip! When I covered carrots with paper lawn bags I got quick and thorough germination. Then I went out of town and they all died because we never got the rain we were supposed to….🫠… my fault. Sowing again!

  3. Do you ever have issues with raccoons? They LOVE the smell of organic granular fertilizers and they have dug up many plants in my garden because of that. I’m going to have to switch to manually using liquid fertilizer in the mornings, hoping the smell dissipates by the evening.

  4. Great info, many thanks to you. It's my first year really gardening and I had a rogue sunflower come up next to my beets. I let it grow for shade and was just absolutely giddy seeing that you had some big ol sunflowers around your root crops too.

    I for sure want to incorporate them in to my garden every year in almost every bed just for the fall planting options. Seeing the shade that just 1 sunflower casts seems like it's going to be an absolute win for my little garden in Utah.

    Thanks again, happy growing.

  5. I planted winter squash this spring for the first time and the plants have died back already. There are some under sized squash on the plants but by the looks of the plants I don't think they'll get any larger. Can they still be used? Did I plant them too early? What is the right time to plant winter squash in our zone? Thanks.

  6. Thank you for sharing. I was hesitant to start my beets, but my raised bed has a 50% shade cloth so I will start them with rutabaga, carrots and brassicas 21Jul. We are in the same zone so I feel safe following suit. Your garden and knowledge sharing have helped us tremendously!

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