Growing Your “Third Season” Crops By Joyce D’Agostino

Leafy Greens Photo: Colorado State University

By now, many gardeners are enjoying the bounty of their warm season vegetables such as tomatoes, green beans and cucumbers. However we do know that these vegetables do not tolerate frosts well and their production will be done in the fall.

If you would like to continue to harvest into the fall, there is still time to plant a few hardy garden crops. Many of these vegetables are very nutritious and will help extend your garden harvests even after some frosts.

Making Cool Season Veggies "COOL" by Wyatt Koeniger

Photo:  Wyatt Koeniger

If you’re like me, you struggle to know what is a cool season vegetable and when to plant it; it is also hard to know what's “COOL” in Colorado.  Surprisingly, there are many different cool crops to grow that can satisfy the most discerning palate.  Some reasons to try cool season veggies yourself are:

·      Late spring frost won’t hurt them

·      Some are perennials

·      Able to be grown at higher elevations

·      Extended growing season