As summer winds down, you may be thinking the vegetable garden is ready to close its doors. In fact, a bountiful harvest of fall veggies can be yours if you get back out there and start planting now.

Cucumber

Cucumbers are very easy to grow and you’ll get loads of them if you just tuck a few seeds in the ground now, presuming you’re not expecting a freeze in the next few weeks. They like full sun and daily water.

Kale

Kale doesn’t like hot weather and it can even tolerate a light frost. So, depending where you live, you can plant it in late August or early September if it’s still too warm where you live.

Radish

Radishes are very fast growers and appreciate cooler weather. Plant these seeds as soon as it’s not too hot outside and you’ll have crunchy red orbs before you know it.

Lettuce

Lettuce is another fast-growing plant that prefers mild, but not freezing temperatures. Get seeds in the ground soon and you’ll have crisp, homegrown lettuce for your autumn salads.

Bean

Plant bush beans before the end of August to ensure a harvest before the first frost. Beans like warm soil, but not too much heat when they flower.

Spinach

Spinach, too, likes cooler weather, even tolerating a light frost. Plant spinach seeds 6 to 8 weeks before your area’s first frost.

Onion

If you live in a place with mild winters, you can plant onions in the fall. The catch is, you won’t harvest them until next summer. But you’ll be harvesting them earlier in the summer than if you had planted them in the spring.