I live in zone 5. I was thinking of yanking my eggplant plants. Those poor things haven't grown a bit since I put them in the ground. Anyway, I just planted peas and beets. I still need to plant more beans. It's just too wet and the seeds rot. So here's the list of what can still be planted: Arugula Asian greens (kamatsuna, pok choi, etc) Bush beans Beets Broccoli (from seedlings, maybe from seed if started now) Carrots Cauliflower (from seedlings) Cilantro Cucumbers Greens (kale, mustard, spinach, Swiss chard, etc) Kohlrabi Lettuce Peas Radishes Summer squashes Turnips Winter squash (acorn types, others from seedlings)

Here in Minneapolis, we are getting into the 80's nearly every day now. My sweet banana and Anaheim peppers have been bearing for some weeks and now the Cubanelles are starting to set, and I am getting all kinds of tomatoes daily off my two 4th of July plants. No squirrel problem this year for some reason. I have to admit to not having felt the need to install the window air conditioner this year, though. I have seen hotter summers, and some of my sweet potatoes aren't vining all that well, but then they didn't last year either. Just OHenry is running well. Vardeman and Jewel are not so vigorous as I would have hoped, but then there may be close to two months, at least a month and a half, before we get a freeze, too. Peppers don't get much more reliable than the Sweet bananas and the Anaheims; so if you are having problems getting fruits on your peppers consider them. They are the main types I plant anymore. Yesterday I planted onion seeds (Copra) for sets (an experiment), all kinds of coles including both leafy types and winter radishes and turnips, lettuce, and carrots. I may just move some tiger lily bulbils today and I am watching daylily seed pods which should ripen here very soon. I have never had any luck with the daylily seeds but one of these times I am going to get it right. I get volunteers; so somehow I just haven't found the knack yet. A while back in the garlic bed I harvested first, I planted some Minnesota midget muskmelons and the little squirts are blooming already. Very soon now I will start to work up beds for this fall's garlic, potato onion and tulip plantings. I think I will also give the elephants one more chance. I am going over to Core and away from peat moss this year. I don't can or freeze, since I do not have a big enough garden for that and a bit of everything else I would like to try. So now that garlic has been taken up, it is back to planting. :) BTW I especially like things I can snack on while working in the garden. Some days those snacks will be my whole set of meals. I use as few pesticides as possible; so a light washing with the wand is usually enough.

I planted a bunch of bush beans in the places that I pulled my lettuce and spinach. I did this last year and it worked well. As an experiment, I put in some swiss chard, because the package said it could be planted in July. The other posters here seem to plant that in the early spring, so I may be way off base with that one. I'll post a follow up later and let you know how that goes. I have never grown it before. I planted about a week ago and I am going to need to thin soon, because it germinated right away.

I think, although I've never done it, anything in the brassica family -- such as kale, chard, cabbage, etc. Also lettuces can be a cool-season crop.