Planting for fall crops! [YES, you can!!]

"Mary, Mary, How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells and little maids all in a row."

So, our garden is terrific! So many crops are providing great vegetables, others have done their thing, been harvested and now space is beginning to show that might be planted for further harvest .... yes? Wouldn't you like to extend your gardening experience, have more fresh pesticide-free veggies for eating? Well, you can!

First, clean the spent crops from your planting bed, and, unless the foliage seems diseased, toss into the spacious compost we've set up. There's still lots of RT compost at Emlen Tunnell Park - bring several buckets, top dress the open spaces in your planting bed and then carefully dig in to enrich and lighten the soil. You might also want to add some more fertilizer, both Urea nitrogen and the soil acidifier. The packets [one bag of each for a 4 x 6' planting bed] are stored in the storage box at the garden. Lightly turn the soil again and then let it sit for about a week.
Secondly, decide what you want to plant for fall: Beets (8-9), Broccoli (8-9), Carrots (9-11), Swiss Chard (7-8), Collards (12), Garlic (17-26 - harvest next spring), Kale (8-9), leaf Lettuce (6), Parsnips (15), Radish (3-5), Snow Peas [so they say - 8)], Spinach (7-8, but plan to mulch after frost and it will be first to grow next spring!), Turnips (5-10) - quite an array, many of which can be 'stored' in the soil for harvest later in the fall and after first frost.
The Third step and probably the most iffy to pin down is, "when do I begin this re-planting?" Two factors are (1) current temperatures, and, (2) number of WEEKS needed 'til I can begin to harvest. With each of the suggested crops above is included the number of weeks from seed to the beginning of harvest. So, when?
Being the enthusiastic type, I'll begin to plant the first week in August. But/and, I'll be sure to keep the soil wet to aid germination and consider making a tent out of paper or 'floating row cover' to protect the small seedlings as they appear, to protect them from scorching sun and/or high temperatures.
Using these methods, and depending on our local weather [and who can guess what that is! and will be!] one can have harvestable crops until well into November and perhaps December. What do you have to lose except a few seeds. See you in the garden.