ania ca, I'm in zone 9 and I started my cool weather veggies last year at the end of Sept (it depends on the weather, if it is starting to get cool) They did good because they were established enough for the winter.

I would say wait until September or October. That's when I'm supposed to start planting my cool weather veggies. Right now I supposedly can still plant hot weather seeds like corn, beans, squash, and melons to get a second harvest by fall, so that's what I'm working on and the cool weather guys are gonna have to wait.

OK...I'll try to be patient...LOL

I started some Amaranth a couple of weeks ago and some more bush beans too. My garden is pretty low maintanance right now and I feel like I have to make more work for myself for some reason....LOL.

I was planning on asking something like this myself tonight. I am in zone9. My cukes and tomatoes are done. I pulled up my cucumbers yesterday and one row of my maters today. I still have 2 rows of tomatoes to pull up, maybe tomorrow if I can get through the heat. This is my first big veggie garden, so I'm on a trial & error run myself. I went ahead and planted a row of peas which I think will do OK, I also put down a row of okra, which my dad planted his a few weeks ago and they are doing great, so I think these will too. I still have several rows to fill if I can and produce a nice fall crop in time before time to plant my winter crop. I think tomorrow I will get down some corn and a heirloom variety of pole bean I bought on a whim. Like I said, a lot will be trial & error till I see what does good at what point. I'll save my carrots, greens, turnips and such for winter crop. I am interested to see what else might work this time of year!! Thanks for the thread!