Allan Matthews wrote in message . ..
Hi, I'm 68 years old and as a teen ager sold veggies off a 3 acre
plot. Kept a large garden for several years but gave up a few years
ago and want to get into a raised garden situation. I have laid up
loose cement block, two tiers high 17 blocks long and three blocks
wide. A heavy layer of paper over the bottom, 8 inches of stone free
sandy loam, 3 inches of rotted horse manure, covered with loam, filled
to top with horse manure and tomorrow I am going to cover it heaped up
with about 4 more inches of loam. I am going to add 50 lbs of
pulverized limestone to the top layer of loam. Its late here in the
season, upstate NY so am going to plant string beans and set out a few
strawberry cuttings. Is there anything else I should do to this now
besides water it? Any suggestions on what I can plant this late? I
plan on a few inches of leaves this fall. Comments would be
appreciated.

As Henriette says, don't put strawberries where you put lime (make a
separate row and bury them under woodchips - that will make them
happy).
At this point you can plant any greens which have a short season, in
fact you can plant things like arugula all the way to october. I would
suggest chard, beets, lettuce, arugula, tatsoi, various chicories,
pakchoi, spinach, kale. You can also consider radishes or short season
carrots. In october you could also plant hardneck garlic or multiplier
onions for next year. No reason you shouldn't have plenty of veggies
starting in september and stretching into december ( I cover my beds
with tunnels to stretch the season into early january).