Dreams of greens

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The tomatoes are still on the vine and will be for a while, but it’s time for SoCal kitchen gardeners to start planning for October planting season. There are strawberry plants in some nurseries (fall’s a good time to plant, though you’ll get another chance at bare-root time in January/February) and of course seed catalogues and websites are ripe for the perusing. (Check out seedsavers.org for heirloom varities; reneesgarden.com for the smartest, liveliest culinary collections from the woman who founded Shepherd’s Seeds; and Anaheim-based evergreenseeds.com for Asian vegetables.)

Think greens -- chard, lettuces, a micro green mix, maybe?, arugula, of course, and shiso. There are dozens of beyond-spinach choices. And if you put edible-pod pea seeds in the ground in October, you’ll have them to harvest and enjoy for Thanksgiving.

In the meantime, there’s a lot of digging to do.

-- Susan LaTempa