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Fall is a great time to grow carrots in the South! 🥕🌱

Carrots love the cooler temperatures of fall, making this one of the best seasons to plant them in Southern gardens. And if you’re a beginner gardener, carrots are a great crop to try because you can direct sow the seeds right into your raised bed or garden.

For better results, start with loose, well-draining soil, plant your carrot seeds about ¼ inch deep, and keep the soil consistently moist while you wait for them to germinate.

One of the biggest mistakes beginners make is letting the soil dry out during germination. Those tiny carrot seeds need steady moisture to get established.

Once the seedlings are a few inches tall, thin them so each carrot has enough room to develop a healthy root.

If you’re gardening in Georgia or anywhere across the Southeast, don’t overlook carrots for your fall vegetable garden. 🥕

Save this for planting day and follow along as we grow these carrots from seed to harvest.

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Fall is one of the best times to grow beets in the South! 🌱

Beets love cooler weather, making them a great crop for fall gardens across the Southeast. They’re also beginner-friendly, quick to grow, and you can harvest both the roots AND the greens.

If you’re planting beets in a raised bed, start with loose, well-draining soil, sow the seeds about ½ inch deep, and thin your seedlings to give those roots plenty of room to grow.

For beginner gardeners in Georgia and across the Southeast, fall is a great opportunity to keep your garden productive long after summer crops start winding down.

Save this for your fall garden and share it with someone who wants to grow more of their own food.

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If you’re planning a fall vegetable garden in the South, broccoli, cauliflower, and collard greens are three cool-season crops worth growing.

This fall, I’m growing Green Magic broccoli, Twister cauliflower, and Georgia Southern collards in my garden.

🥦 Green Magic broccoli is a great option for Southern fall gardens because it handles the transition from late-summer heat into cooler fall weather better than many broccoli varieties.

🌱 Twister cauliflower produces leaves that naturally curl around the developing head, helping protect it while it grows.

🥬 Georgia Southern collards are a classic Southern variety that handles cool weather well, and the leaves often become sweeter after exposure to frost.

For gardeners in Georgia and across the Southeastern United States, fall is one of the best times to grow cool-season vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower, collards, cabbage, kale, carrots, and other hardy crops.

I’ll be sharing how these three varieties grow throughout the season, from transplanting to harvest.

Save this if you’re planning your fall garden, and follow for more gardening tips, fall vegetable gardening, and beginner-friendly garden tutorials.

If you live in Georgia or elsewhere in the Southeast, one of the biggest mistakes you can make when growing onions is planting the wrong type. Onions actually respond to the length of the day, so before we start these seeds, I want to show you why I’m growing short-day onions and exactly how I start them.

It’s time to start cabbage seeds for the fall garden.

I like growing cabbage during the fall/winter because there are fewer pests.

But, I do have to get them started now while there is still plenty of daylight.

The seeds germinate in about 5-7 days.

Then the seedlings will be ready to transplant in 4 weeks or so.

If you live in the southeast (Zones 7-9) now is the time to get your fall veggies started.

Fall broccoli starts right here. I’m going to show you exactly how I start broccoli from seed using these 6-cell Bootstrap Farmer trays.