But while eating that great produce, start planning for a winter garden to continue producing the bounty. When you plan the layout of your fall and winter garden, consider which new crops should follow those just removed. As a rule of thumb, heavy feeders such as corn and tomatoes should be followed with light feeders such as Swiss chard and potatoes. Other heavy feeders include beets, broccoli, cabbage, celery, collards, cucumbers, eggplants, endive, escarole, kale, kohlrabi, lettuce, okra, parsley, pumpkins, radishes, rhubarb, spinach and squash. More light feeders include carrots, garlic, leeks, mustard, onions, parsnips, peppers, rutabaga, shallots, sweet potatoes and turnips.
Some vegetables are more tolerant of salty areas in the garden.
If an area has received repeated applications of manure or other concentrated fertilizers, the salt content may be high. Asparagus, beets, kale and spinach grow well under these conditions, but celery, green beans, radishes, strawberries and most fruits cannot tolerate it. Succession Seeding Sow carrots, lettuce and spinach a dozen or so seeds at a time every two or three weeks. This will provide a succession of succulent harvests through the winter. Yvonne and her husband Tom maintain demonstration and trial gardens specializing in vegetables and fruits, annuals, drought-tolerant perennials, succulents, bromeliads, groundcovers and roses.