Vegetable Garden (Black Mountain: buy, areas, summer)

[Mr Yuck]

This is the first year I've had a garden since I moved here. It's a 32 square foot raised bed, with cukes, Romas, summer squash, peppers, and some herbs.

The cukes and squash seem like they are done, freeing up a third of the space. What would you plant now? I have a greenhouse cover for half of the garden, if you have any clue when I should deploy that and what should be under it- I'd appreciate advice.

[theoldnorthstate]

cold weather crops such as cabbage, pumpkins

Can't remember what else my Dad would plant for his second garden

[motordavid]

GOOG or Yahoo, is your friend:

Growing Fall Vegetables

Just an example, from the web, and experience...the prob in 'fall', or even early Sept, is that seed germination is often slow to retarded this time of year. So, gardeners often start 'fall' veggies from seed, a couple weeks ago to a month or so ago, depending on species, and the transplant now. But, some good ideas in that list, and other lists on the web...hard to beat the leafy stuff, which will taste spectacular in late Oct/early Nov.

Your Zone/altitude will have considerable influence on your selections, and success.

As for pumpkins, most varieties have a 125-150+ days time frame, so go buy a punkin in Oct, and don't try to grow any now.
GL, mD

PS... the Garden Forum on this site, City Data, has a very knowledgeable group of posters and an almost encyclopedic depth of 'garden' threads, via Search that Forum.

[mountainrose]

Does anyone know what zone Black Mountain is in (not the higher elevation areas around it), and is it pretty true to that zone number for growing?
Thanks!

[newbie22]

its already pretty late to plant the fall garden....although you do have a cover......so greens, brocolli, salads, etc...if you cover your tomatoes they will grow longer........dont start covering until nights get colder......unless you actually want to use it as a greenhouse //......

[Cofga]

Probably 6b although due to global warming all those zones are shifting north.