Although Labor Day is behind us, there’s no reason to put your vegetable garden to bed just yet. From late August through September, Nina Koziol makes the most of the Chicago area’s remaining growing season by planting cool-season edibles. You know, the same ones that grow in spring.

Ellen Wells reports that she did something that happens to long-time gardeners now and then: she gave up on her garden! Well, she didn’t give up so much as she neglected the garden for long periods of time over the summer. Now that we’re in the last weeks of summer, remorse and guilt have set in. Is there still time for redemption?

Vegetables, such as kale and cabbage, thrive in the summer-to-fall transition. Amy Grisak discusses the crops that can withstand the late…

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PlantersPlace member Charmain Baker asks, “Which vegetables can I plant mid-to-late summer for a fall harvest?”

Click below to see Marianne’s answer.

Important & Fun Dates

in September

4 Labor Day

11 National Patriot Day

16 International Eat an Apple Day

18 National Cheeseburger Day

21 World Alzheimer’s Day

22 September Equinox

25 Yom Kippur Eve