Zone 9, when to plant for fall?

[Laurienna]

Well, our summer vegetable garden started great and then, for the first year ever, everything got diseased, the tomatoes, grapes, squash...so sad, after all that work...I've had a garden veg going in fall/ winter before but it wasn't terribly successful and I think it's because I started too late, the plants were too tiny when the big rains came and they basically drowned.
We live in Sacramento...when should i start planting?
Are there flowers that would do well also, other than pansies? I try to plant a lot so that I don't have too much weeding to do

[sidandspencersmom]

We are in zone 9, but near Houston- this may help you out, use it as a guide.

http://www.settfest.com/files/Vegeta...ris_County.pdf

[Laurienna]

Thank you, that helps!

[dillonandmarasmom]

We're in Woodland. We use the UCDavis Master gardeners Fall Plants for Yolo County as a guide (Zone 9).

We are starting our seeds for starts this weekend and will direct sow several things in about 2 weeks.

Here's the site with the lists I mentioned.

http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/filelibrary/2557/8234.pdf
http://ceyolo.ucdavis.edu/Gardening_...g_Handouts.htm

I looked at the Sac info, but they charge $8. The Yolo is free and the same zone...so, there ya have it!

[Laurienna]

Great! very nice chart and I see that i'm really behind. I need to order my seeds
Thank you both very much!