We've had a weird summer, not much heat though most crops are doing well, or at least ok. It's the end of August so time to think about and plant your fall crops. In this photo on the left is my red russian kale, it's a great flat leaf kale but it's not incredibly winter hardy. I started winterbor kale back in mid June and transplanted it to my garden last week. Behind the winterbor kale is pac choi that i direct seeded and on the right is some nice large chard. Once the cold weather hits i'll put all of it under row covers to protect it and be able to continue harvesting up until the coldest part of winter. If i had a hoop house (high tunnel) i could use row cover in that and be able to harvest up till next spring. I will eventually use a 2 row cover system that will allow me to harvest longer than with just one single layer row cover. I'll also have row covers over my carrots to keep the ground from freezing so i can harvest them longer as well. I planted my fall carrots a few weeks ago so that they'll be ready by the time the weather gets too chilly. More on extending your harvest soon.