I woke up this morning and realized we are only about 2 months away from fall and that if I want to get another round of vegetables planted and harvested in time, that I better hop to it!
This time of year when we are all knee deep in the vegetable patch and harvesting from our gardens almost on a daily basis it can be hard to look ahead at the calendar and realize hey wait, there is still time fit another round of XYZ in the garden to maximize the growing potential in our vegetable gardens.
Well I’m here to help you with that! 🙂 Here are 17 vegetables I came up with that if you plant NOW {or in the next week or two depending on your area} you should be able to harvest in 60 days or less.
17 Vegetables You Can Harvest In 60 Days Or Less
- Beets 50 – 60 days {I just planted a row yesterday!}
- Bok Choy 30 – 60 days
- Broccoli 50 days {try growing Broccoli Raab is a fun variety to try}
- Cucumbers 55 days
- Green Beans 50 days
- Kale 55 days {I’ll pass, thanks}
- Lettuce 20 – 45 days
- Napa Cabbage 55 days
- Okra 55 days {Mrs. HB, are you reading this?}
- Patty Pan Squash 45 – 60 days
- Peas 58 days {Sugar Daddy is our favorite variety}
- Radishes just 25 days!
- Spinach 28 – 45 days
- Sorrel 60 days
- Swiss Chard 55 days
- Turnips 30 – 40 days { I like the market express turnips}
- Zucchini 45 days
Don’t you just LOVE this time of year in the garden when we’re right in the middle of everything… you know… harvesting, canning, planning ahead to fall crops and baking pies?
Life is good!
Have an AWESOME day everyone,
~Mavis
Don’t know how you’ll squeeze anything else in your garden? Check out my easy to use companion planting chart for some great suggestions.
Wynne says
Very excited to start the fall garden and try broccoli and Gai lan for the first time. Just put in more okra this past weekend.
Do you try overwintered greens? Eliot Coleman, who lives in Maine, wrote double tunnels will protect veg like mache (corn salad). I grew mache for the first time last year and was really impressed with how it tasted after the frost and my ability to pick fresh salad in January (mache, arugula, lettuce, dill, cilantro). In Virginia I just needed a single tunnel.
Diane says
On green beans, do you prefer vine or bush variety (for fall garden)?
Mavis Butterfield says
Bus for a fall garden.
Mimi says
Beans, beets, Swiss Chard and broccoli will be planted tomorrow. No kale for me either!
Any advice for a cucumber beetle invasion? I’ve never had problems before and they are on the attack. So far I’m just killing them one by one…yuck.
Mel says
This doesn’t necessarily help for this year, but I switched to resistant varieties. Diva and County Fair Pickling cucumbers are both resistant, but County Fair is supposed to have greater resistance. The bugs might still show up, but they don’t really cause any harm and are supposed to not even like the Diva variety.
Our squash beetles are out of control and…I’m not even growing squash. They exploded last year on our one volunteer butternut and then overwintered. They’re currently going after our cucumbers and even tomatoes since there’s no squash. For that matter, all bug populations (mosquitoes, black flies, gnats, yellow jackets, etc.) seem to be going crazy this year. Cucumber beetles are just about the only bug problem we DON’T have.
Rebecca in MD says
I have read that growing dill near cucumbers will repel the cucumber beetle. I am trying it this year, and so far so good.
Linda T says
Thank you for doing this Mavis! I’ve taken out my peas (sugar snap- all done) that I planted in March and finally have some room in my garden. Think I’ll try beets. We love them pickled.
Mrs HB says
Yes Ms Mavis I am reading this ! Lol I have never grown Okra , though O love it and a great thinking agent . But I think I will replant some more sugar snap peas and lettuce . Next maybe some Okra just for you ;)!
Kris R says
Thank you Mavis! Millions of earwigs and temps reaching 114F ( in Oregon!) ruined my garden and the earwigs even ate up my entire sunflower patch.
I need a do-over and I have never tried a fall garden before. 🙂