August is the right time to start planning a fall garden in much of the Southeast. In this episode of Gardening with Daddy Pete, Melvin York and Jay York share practical planting advice for North Carolina, Virginia, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, and nearby growing regions.

Learn which vegetables are best for direct sowing and which are better started as transplants. The episode covers beets, carrots, spinach, mustard greens, turnips, Swiss chard, kale, collards, lettuce, cabbage, cauliflower, onions, and sweet peas. You'll also hear recommended varieties, including Bloomsdale spinach, Purple Top turnips, Black Seeded Simpson lettuce, Buttercrunch, Red Sails, Purple Savoy cabbage, Early Jersey Wakefield, and more.

The discussion also explains how to:

* Refresh raised beds after summer crops finish * Use raised bed mix or Lawn and Garden Soil * Choose varieties with short days to maturity * Check your local frost date before planting * Mix small seeds with play sand for even sowing * Grow fall vegetables in containers and pots * Protect lettuce from early frost * Add trellises or tomato cages for climbing peas * Reuse egg cartons, cups, coffee containers, and other household items for starting seeds

August planting can lead to a productive fall harvest, especially when you select the right varieties and give cool-season crops enough time to mature. Visit daddypetes.com to find past podcast episodes, submit gardening questions, sign up for the monthly newsletter, and locate a Daddy Pete's Plant Pleaser® dealer near you.

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