Lilly
Austin Fall Garden: What Can Kids Plant Now?
Start Saturday.
Plan for radishes before Halloween.
One chard plant this weekend. French Breakfast from September 22. Cards for the child. Dates from Austin 6S.
$27
- USDA zone
- 9a
- Days at 90°F or hotter
- 121
- First freeze, usual
- November 17, 2026
This weekend One chard plant. Bright Lights if they have it.
From September 22 French Breakfast radish. 22–30 days from sowing.
Already missed Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant. Last optimum was August 10.
Five files. $27 once.
Digital download. Print the cards at home. Seeds, plants, soil, and a printer are not included.
Lilly’s Austin Fall Garden
The booklet
31 letter pages. Chard this Saturday, radish from September 22, then eight plants at two pages each.
Eight plant cards
Botanical plates, four to a letter sheet. A name a child can read, and one job.
Fridge sheet
Plant-from, last chance, ready-in. Garlic in a yellow row.
List + calendar
Saturday first. The other six crops wait. An .ics so October garlic is not a memory test.
The eight, dated
The default garden is chard this weekend and radish from September 22. The other six stay in the book as choices. Do not buy eight seed packets on the first trip.
| Crop | Plant from | Last planting | Ready in | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Radish | Sep 22 | Dec 1 | 22–30 days |
|
Lettuce | Aug 11 | Nov 1 | 30–60 days |
 |
Spinach | Jul 28 | Dec 1 | 35–50 days |
|
Swiss chard | Aug 11 | Oct 20 | 50–60 days |
 |
Peas | Aug 25 | Nov 3 | 50–70 days |
 |
Kale | Aug 25 | Oct 20 | 50–70 days |
|
Carrot | Aug 11 | Nov 20 | 55–80 days |
 |
Broccoli | Jul 28 | Oct 20 | 50–80 days |
Garlic is not in that table on purpose. Press cloves October 6, 2026 through November 1, 2026. You will pull them next spring. Broccoli transplants through October 20, 2026.
What you do not get
Tomatoes, peppers, or eggplant. AgriLife’s last optimum for those transplants in Texas Region IV (USDA 9a, which is Austin) was August 10. A six-pack in mid-September freezes with green fruit. Spring is the next tomato.
A 32-crop encyclopedia. A course. A photograph of your house. A promise that nothing will die.
What $27 is
The stack is the files. Not a fake course value.
| Seasonal booklet, 31 letter pages | included |
| Eight plant cards, 4-up letter | included |
| Fridge sheet | included |
| Shopping list, Saturday first | included |
| Calendar file (.ics) | included |
| All of it, this season, this city | $27 |
Questions before you pay
- Are seeds included?
- No. The plan is the product. You buy one chard plant and a packet of French Breakfast at the nursery.
- Can we still put in tomatoes?
- No. AgriLife’s last optimum for tomato, pepper, and eggplant transplants in this region was August 10. Spring is the next tomato.
- What if we miss this Saturday?
- Chard still plants through October 20, 2026. Radish sowing starts September 22, not before. The book is the rest of the season, not eight assignments this weekend.
- Can I print this at home?
- Yes. Letter paper. Cut the cards on the dashed lines. The paid print is optional: cards or fridge on stock for $17, booklet on paper for $47 after you pay.
- Is this page charging me?
- Stripe test mode on Supertrained Inc. Use card 4242 4242 4242 4242. Live charges wait on live keys. Refunds will be written on live checkout, not copied from someone else’s “all sales final.”
How this was dated
The first freeze here is usually around November 17. A freeze before November 1 is uncommon, about one year in ten. The cool crops in this booklet keep going after a light freeze. The record is AUSTIN 6S, TX US (USC00410431), 3.7 km away. Quality flag: Representative, 14-year record. We would rather tell you that than borrow a tidier date from across town.
Fall windows count weeks back from this city’s first freeze the way AgriLife’s Table 8 does. For frost-tolerant crops we keep the Region IV average as last planting date, because a light freeze does not end lettuce here.