{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Food Garden Life Show: Helping You Harvest More from Your Edible Garden, Vegetable Garden, and Edible Landscaping","title":"What to Plant After Garlic and Peas: Succession Crops for Summer and Fall","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1150,"description":"Once garlic comes out of the garden, you’re left with a useful patch of open soil and one big question: what goes there next?\nIn this episode, we talk through summer succession planting using garlic harvest as the seasonal peg. He explains how timing, climate, heat, dry soil, and first frost dates all affect what you can plant after garlic or after any early crop that frees up garden space.\nYou’ll learn which crops are easiest to direct seed in summer, when transplants are a better bet, and how to use shade, boards, mulch, and row cover to improve germination and protect young plants.\nTopics include:\nWhy garlic harvest timing varies by region\nDirect seeding vs. starting transplants\nHow to deal with dry soil, heat, strong sun, and crusting\nEasy summer succession crops such as bush beans, basil, dill, rapini, and greens\nCrops for fall harvest, including spinach, beets, carrots, turnips, winter radishes, kale, and Asian greens\nWhy bush snap beans are a better follow crop than pole or dry beans\nHow to decide whether cucumbers and summer squash are worth planting after garlic\nTips for short-season and cold-climate gardeners\nA simple “succession seed bin” system to make replanting easier\nSuccession planting doesn’t have to mean filling every inch perfectly. It’s about using open space in a way that fits your garden, your season, and your available energy.","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/_y3e1k24nMlKLGYUZdhBsMgezF6u9k_5w92OUmAhniI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kMTFk/NDg3ODQxNjE2MGM1/ZWMwNGVhOTgyZTY1/NmZhOC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}