Brian Minter: Late fall vegetable gardens can deliver a great bounty

When an abundance of food is growing in our summer gardens and garden markets are stocked with a wide variety of vegetables, we should be thinking ahead to fall and winter when there is less availability and prices are higher. Food gardening is becoming incredibly innovative, and as our traditional summer gardens wind down, a new series of food options, that can be enjoyed in fall and winter, opens up. (As an added bonus, at this time of the year, there are far fewer weeds and insects, and the need for watering is minimal). Depending on the weather, fall-maturing vegetables could last well into winter. Article content

Mid to late July plantings of root crops, like carrots, beets, turnips and parsnips, can result in a remarkable amount of produce in October. Late brassicas, like brussels