Guest post from Wendy Desler - Fall veggies to grow

Guest Post from Wendy Desler

Avid gardeners experience fall 

with mixed emotions. 

The work from the summer

and spring harvests is over. 

We have enjoyed the fresh vegetables 
that have brought our dinner tables to life. 

We have canned, frozen, 

and stored the bounty 

to get us through the cold 

days of winter.

But, do not put those garden 

gloves away just yet. 

There are many 
wonderful fall

crops just waiting for you.

Remove the mulch from your 

spring beds 
and prepare the soil. 

Once it is clean, add compost 

and peat moss to 
replace lost nutrients.

You are ready to add your seeds 
for a fall veggie garden.

Besides getting more fresh and 

nutritious foods for your table, 

the fall crops are extremely low 
in calories and very filling. 

This is a great way 

to fight the holiday

calorie stampede that is 

headed this way.

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What to grow

Here are a few of the wonderful

 and nutritious 
vegetables that thrive in winter.

• Beets

This is not the most popular 

veggie on the table, 

but they are full of nutrition and 

can be added 

to recipes for a delightfully 
different taste. For a jump start, 

soak the seeds overnight.

• Broccoli

Broccoli is so packed with 

minerals and vitamins 
that you should include it in your diet

 as often as possible. 

Eat it raw with dip, 
steamed or mixed with stir-fry dishes.

• Collards
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Collard greens are very low in 

calories and they provide 
Vitamin A & C as well as manganese.

• Carrots 

This is a great addition 

to your fall garden. 

The antioxidants found in carrots 

make them a favouite. 

You can process these veggies 

in your juicer for a sweet 

and fast pick me up.

• Lettuce

Do not under estimate the 

power of lettuce. 

It is filling and fresh and it gives

 you potassium, 

biotin, vitamin B1, copper, iron

 and vitamin C. 

It is also a good source 

of vitamin B2, 

omega-3 fatty acids,

 
vitamin B6, phosphorous, cromium, 

magnesium, calcium and 

pantothenic acid. 

• Green beans and pole beans 

Here is your protein punch! 

Green beans are 
a fast and abundant crop. 

Not only are they good nutrition, 

they are also delicious. 

You will have the holiday green

 bean casserole 
that will never be forgotten. Yum!

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Herbs

Save a little room in your 

fall garden for fresh herbs. 

You only have a little while 

to get these 

plants in (before the first frost). 

But, consider growing these 

in a hanging garden. 


You can plant them in 

hanging coffee containers 
hung by a rope on your fence. 

That allows you to take 

them indoors on cold nights 

and adds some growing 

time and a lot of flavors. 

Here are our favorite fall herb garden plants:

• Parsley
• Sage
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• Rosemary
• Thyme
• 
  
• Cilantro
• Lavender
• Mint
• 
  
• Chives

If you start now, you can 

reap a wonderful harvest that 
will carry you through winter months 

with even 
more flavor and nutrition 
you can imagine. 

So grab your seeds and get moving, 
before those frosty nights sneak up on you! 
You will be so glad you did.