Plant a late garden for fall vegetables
It’s still not too late to start a
garden or to add vegetables to the
one you already have. Between
now and August 15, you can set out
broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cab
bage and cauliflower plants.
Vegetables that can still be seeded
until August 5 include Chinese
cabbage, endive and kale. From
August 10 until September 13, you
can make several small plantings
of lettuce, radishes and spinach.
University of Delaware ex
tension agricultural agent Derby
Walker says a late garden can
stretch your dollars by providing
you with fresh vegetables
throughout the fall. If you plant
lettuce, radishes and spinach
where they are protected from
heavy freezes in a cold frame,
for example you could harvest
them for your Thanksgiving table,
and perhaps even later.
If you protect tomatoes from
disease and insect damage, your
tomato harvest could continue into
October, Walker says. When frost
threatens, you can protect the
plants by temporarily covering
them with black film or old
bed sheets at night, or harvest the
mature green tomatoes for later
fresh eating or pickling.
Since fall weather is cooler,
many late vegetables such as
spinach and Brussels sprouts can
be kept outdoors for fresh harvest,
then brought in to be used as
needed. Some, like cauliflower, are
sensitive to a hard freeze but can
wishstand a light frost with no
injury.
Quality of fall vegetables is often
higher than for earlier crops.
Another advantage of a fall garden
is that there are normally fewer
weeds to worry about. However,
cabbage worms and aphids may
cause problems. Both can be
controlled with chemical in
secticides. Alternately, cabbage
worms can be controlled with a
natural material, Bacillus
thuringiensis (Bt), which is sold
under several trade names.
August heat can be hard on
transplants, but this problem, too,
has an effective solution. Set out
your plants in the evening, and
water them well to reduce the
shock of transplanting. Placing
peach baskets or similar sun
shields over the tender plants for
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the first few days also helps.
Continue to water frequently until
the plants become well
established.
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Saturday, August 11
Lancaster Society 2 meets for an
auction and games at 5:30 p.m.
at Buhl's Grove. Bring un
" wrapped prizes for bingo.
Lancaster Society 25 meets for a
hobo party.
Tuesday, August 14
Lancaster Society 22 meets for a
food sale.
Thursday, August 16
Lancaster Society 15 meets at 6:30
p.m. for a family picnic at
Colerain Community Park.
Bring a covered dish.
Saturday, August 18
Lancaster Society 3 meets at 12:30
p.m. for a visit to the Mueller
sisters at 2641 Willow Street
up gardening in August doesn’t
mean you have to. With a little
added effort now, Walker says, you
will be well rewarded with fresh
vegetables throughout the fall.
Pike.
Lancaster Society 18 meets for a
food and white elephant sale.
Lancaster Society 5 meets for a
covered dish picnic. Husbands
are invited.
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