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["Lynn Wigglesworth" <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

> Ironically, perhaps, right now is the time when seeding and transplanting
> vegetables yields the most for your effort.  Turnips, beets, carrots and 
> the
> like planted about now will be maturing up around the onset of much cooler
> weather and hold in the garden for months.  Cabbage and broccoli seeded 
> now
> will endure the first frosts as seedlings and then mature in the early 
> winter
> ... then hold bug-free in the garden for a long time. Etc.

Yep; as soon as the garlic is out (another week or so), I'm planting beets, 
lettuce, carrots, Chinese cabbage, and endive in with the already growing 
parsnips and leeks. Our first frost is usually the end of September, but 
these will all keep growing for another month or two after that, and will 
hold in the ground. I'll cover them, then dig them before the deep-freeze 
hits (I've tried leaving leeks in, but even with cover the ground freezes 
and I can't pry them out).

I just planted a fall planting of peas. I've never done that, and haven't 
heard good things (too hot, reduced yield, etc.). They should start 
producing before the first frost. It's been a cool, wet summer (we are just 
now getting temps up to 80 degrees), and my peas planted back in April are 
still producing. Strange year, but the garden is doing surprisingly well.

I wanted to ask if anyone knows what's the deal with carrot germination?? 
I've never been able to grow carrots, but this year my first and second 
plantings germinated and look great. Encouraged, I planted more...same seed, 
same garden bed...3 weeks and not a sign of them. Does it depend on 
temperature? Moisture? Some combination that I'm not getting right?? If I 
replant, will they all come up and I'll spend the rest of the summer 
thinning them? Carrots are going to drive me crazy.

Lynn Wigglesworth
Tioga Co. PA