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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote in message
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Group,

I live in zone 6, eastern PA. I am a newbie for gardening.

I just got a piece of small community garden and I am learning to
garden. Now that it is late august, what should I plant? I do not
have any preference, only something that can get my foot wet, something
that can survive the winter or can harvest before frost kills them.

Any suggestions?

Thanks


In supermarkets & restaurants, they charge insane prices for gourmet salad
greens. You're lucky enough to be in a place where you can grow all of
them until late October, or even into November if you take measures to
protect them from frost. Lettuce, swiss chard, arugula, spinach, frisé,
escarole. Dandelion greens are also delicious when they grow in cool
weather. Also, it's time to plant collard greens and broccoli raab. It's
also worth planting a late bunch of cucumbers. The ones planted in mid to
late May are usually pretty tired by now, or dead. Stick a few seeds in
the ground. Some years, you can be eating fresh cucumbers into late
October. They need heat to sprout, but not necessarily to succeed for the
remaining 98% of their existence.