Starting Fall Vegetables

The flowers in one of my wheeled planters were dying off, so I pulled up the drying plants.  I dug in some fresh compost to revitalize the soil, and wet it through.  Then I planted lettuce and carrots.


At this time of year, it's best to plant seeds deeper, about twice as deep as normal.  This helps keep the seeds from drying out, since the weather is so much warmer than when planting in the spring.

Both lettuce and carrots are pretty cold-hardy, but I plan to keep this planter in my little greenhouse later as we start to get frost.  I hope to keep lettuce growing as much of the fall and winter as possible.  Both I and my bunnies will enjoy it.