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September is here and the door is about to close on summer. What do you think about that? I am thinking that it is time to get the vegetables planted and on their way. September is prime time for planting, making flower beds, and figuring out what colorful veggies you would like to eat from the garden for the holiday season. Ahh, September.. The kids are back in school, the hope of cooler days is becoming more of a reality. Now is the time to plant all of your fall crops for Florida. It is a prime planting season. Some veggies that do great right now are tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, cucumbers, squash, onions, peas, beans, lettuces, sometimes melons, corn, broccoli and cauliflower. Think that you don’t have room? Even if you put them in containers these veggies do great! My soil is real sandy at my house so I have about 20 raised beds I built out of 2X6’s, then filled them with compost and rich soil. My plants do great and come around Thanksgiving, we are eating some of our tomatoes on the early varieties, and salads.. YUMMY! You can buy your veggies as seeds through the local hardware store or online, or use seedlings that are already started for you from the local hardware. There is something about getting your fingernails dirty and eating fresh ripened veggies off the vine rather than them being picked weeks earlier and shipped across the continent. Try just one veggie this season, you will LOVE the rewards!