Succession planting

Our garden is the most productive it has ever been in the August time frame. The succession planting has worked well except for the second planting of mesclun that turned out to be mostly radicchio. We have lettuce that was planted mid-July that is almost ready for harvest, and the early June planting is still producing. We harvested about 20 carrots from garden frame 1-1 and transplanted another 32 lettuce seedlings there this week. The green beans in that frame are about 24" tall.

We have an additional 64 lettuce seedlings, 12 kale and 12 chard growing in frames 2-1 and 2-3 and just planted a new frame completely in beets and carrots. The kale from the spring are still going strong and the basil is coming into its prime. I am planning to add two frames at the beginning of September which will be planted with new varieties of greens for overwintering.

The days are quickly getting shorter. From the beginning of August to the end, the sun will set 45 minutes earlier at 7:51PM. I would really like to get some lighting set up this year so that I can continue to work in the garden at the end of each day.