Fall planting Zone 5

[Stubbornhillfarm]

Maybe some snow pea pods in my future too!

Don't forget the chinese greens like pak choy and kailaan. They should do well as a fall crop in your zone. For more traditional greens there is mustard and collards and/or kale.

I'm not that adventurous hoodat! I can handle spinach raw, but cooked? I tired collards once and well...same thing. My 6 year old grandaughter on the other hand loves collards! Kale chips yes, cooked any other way...not so much! Maybe I'll have to try them again. I grew up on store bought canned corn, canned spaghetti or anything else canned for that matter! Mom was not a real great cook. Pretty good with the can opener though! I'll keep trying and maybe some day you will see me posting on how wonderful my mustard greens are. Until then...you keep enjoying a double helping; one for me and one for you!

 

[bigredfeather]

I just started my second planting of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts. These are all good for Zone 5 Fall planting. Also, spinach, leaf lettuce, and carrots. The species listed first seem to do better for me in the Fall. I think the reason is that it's starting to cool off when they head up instead of getting hot/dry. I had a few broccoli plants left last year when we got our first snow, and they where okay.

 

[Stubbornhillfarm]

I just started my second planting of cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, and brussel sprouts. These are all good for Zone 5 Fall planting. Also, spinach, leaf lettuce, and carrots. The species listed first seem to do better for me in the Fall. I think the reason is that it's starting to cool off when they head up instead of getting hot/dry. I had a few broccoli plants left last year when we got our first snow, and they where okay.

Good to know! My husband and I have been to Ohio a few times in November to hunt and it always seems so much warmer there even though it is the same zone. I love Ohio by the way. I say it is the reverse (landscape wise) to us in Maine. Where we have a lot of woods and little fingers of field and random large fields, Ohio has a lot of field and little fingers of woods and random wooded areas. I hope your second harvest is a huge success!