Gardeners

As a market garden farmer looking to extend the harvest season, Hanna Jacobs likes to cram as many plantings as possible into July. When you plan your garden to include fall crops, July is the time to sow many of your seeds. There is a wide selection of vegetables and herbs to plant throughout the month to ensure you’re eating fresh from your garden all the way into November. Photo Credit: iStock.com To help get you started, here’s a list of cold hearty veggies, including cut off dates so that you don’t plant too late and miss the window for optimum production. Beets At the farm Hanna grows three varieties of beets to get a rainbow of colour. The greens will hold well into the fall and the roots store well all winter long in the fridge. Try to harvest all beets shortly after the first frost. Plant beets   before July 20   for best results. Carrots Hanna’s family is still eating carrots from last year’s fall harvest! You can safely leave carrots in the ground un...