Your Fall gardens should now be in full swing and you should be enjoying a lot of delicious rewards at the table. At this time, Peter emphasizes the practice of repeat plantings of these same crops, to extend that harvest as long as possible.

As we welcome the gradual lowering of summer’s heat and humidity, it's time to get in your fall and winter crops. The longer-lived items will also spill over into spring. For newcomers to this area, this is our primary growing season - or seasons - of the year.

One more gardening update to get us through the summer! In Peter’s last column, he went through the best vegetables for summer growing here in southwest Florida. He wanted to quickly mention two that he overlooked, then move on to more current topics.

In a previous “Pete’s Place” column, Peter alluded to the two main choices for the vegetable grower during our sultry summers: try to grow from a limited number of choices or focus on soil-building for the fall.

Greetings, and welcome to Pete’s Place, where Peter Burkard will be offering an ongoing series of columns on seasonal food-growing tips for west-central Florida.

In our last installment of Pete’s Place, we discussed making repeat plantings of commonly used veggies during the winter. You’ll probably want to be winding down such seeding now, as upcoming spring temperatures will favor other crops.