I just checked and I planted everything 7/22. I also checked the GrowGuide from chestnut-sw.com and using 10/2 as a first frost date, this week is time to plant...tada..Spinach! (Sick of it yet?) Ongoing (that means a week behind schedule but still ok to plant) is: beets kale kohlrabi mustard greens radishes swiss chard turnips Peas, unfortunately, the last chance was around the last week of July. Changing the frost date to 10/6, it says new this week is radishes, and last chance for starting carrots (outdoors of course) and leaf lettuce (starting seeds indoors; the week of 8/11 is the last chance.) It's been a weird weather year so you never know what the weather will be like in 6 weeks. Hope this helps. Mark

The weather here is just beginning to turn - 2 more days of 90-degree highs and then a drop into the 70s/80s with lows in the high 50s or low 60s. I'll be planting lots of leaf lettuce Thursday morning if this forecast holds true and sow more next week. I sink a few supports (garden stakes or even sturdy sticks) at the corners and in the center of the lettuce beds and drape old sheets & blankets over them at night when it frosts. This has been surprisingly successful in past years and I'm often able to pick quite a bit of beautiful fresh lettuce for Christmas dinner. Snow won't kill it off but I've found that no amount of "covers" will save it with sustained temperatures under 20°F, although it can definitely survive a quick early-morning zap. Green Ice is my favorite to string along like this, but good old Black Seeded Simpson takes to it, as well. Salad Bowl is iffy. In mid-October I'll be sowing seed into containers that I can haul inside. (I love green leaf lettuce!) Um, to actually answer your question, in my opinion no, it isn't too late for you to plant leaf lettuce, but it may (or may not!) take some babying. As for when early fall commences (weather-wise), I "feel" that our upcoming cool-down is the real deal and does signal the beginning of Fall, but that's here. We've had leaves falling for nearly 3 weeks now, the corn is drying at warp speed, everything in the garden seems to be rushing to ripen, and the dew is becoming heavier each morning. This may not be the case in your region. Sorry to be so vague!

Onions, you could plant if you don't care about them forming bulbs. You could harvest them as scallions. Lettuce, you might get a few salads out of them before they bolt. I'm actually thinking of seeding some today, along with spinach. It may be too late, but I don't care. I figure I'll get a little bit of use out of them before they bolt. Same with cilantro. The cinlantro I planted last fall is bolting now, so I need a new crop. Carrots are slower, so it may be too late for them. Now, I don't harvest whole heads of lettuce or spinach. I go out with my knife and cut some leaves off each plant. Some people use scissors, too, but I find a knife, well, easier to find, usually. I also cram stuff in close together, and plant things on top of each other. If you have limited space, and don't like things crammed together, you may save youself the trouble and go ahead with warm season stuff. Last weekend I plunked tomato transplants right in the middle of the pots I have garlic growing in. It's an experiment - I hope it works. Sally

Give it a go, all you have to lose is a few seeds. I live NW of Milw. and usually plant fall greens Aug 1st. Last year we were harvesting until late October. John