A Seattle fall garden guide that tells you what to plant, when to plant it, and what to expect, without the guesswork.
Fall is the most productive season most Pacific Northwest gardeners never use. The weather cools, the pests thin out, the rain does half your watering, and crops that bolted in July finally have their moment. The catch is timing. Miss your sowing window by two weeks and the whole season slips away from you.
This 42-page guide gives you a four-week plan built specifically for Zone 8-9a. Not generic advice written for Ohio. Real frost dates for Seattle, Portland, the Willamette Valley, and the foothills, with sow-by dates for every major crop category so you know at a glance whether you still have time.
Week 1 you assess your space and set your goals. Week 2 you choose crops and map your layout. Week 3 you prep soil and set up watering. Week 4 you plant, protect, and start tending. Each week comes with worksheets you can print and fill in, so the plan ends up on paper instead of in your head.
Written by Jackie Roy, who has spent fifteen years turning a Phinney Ridge yard into a working kitchen garden, and teaching other people to do the same.
WHAT YOU GET
42 pages, delivered as a PDF you can print or keep on a tablet
A four-week plan you can start any time between late July and late August
Frost date tables for four PNW growing areas
Sow-by charts showing exactly which crops are still viable in each planting window
Printable worksheets: crop list, garden map, soil prep checklist, watering plan, tending tracker
Companion planting and crop rotation cheat sheets
Organic pest solutions for the usual PNW suspects: slugs, aphids, cabbage worms, root maggots
A frost protection and season extension section for growing into winter
WHO IT IS FOR
Beginners who want a plan instead of a pile of conflicting advice. Gardeners with raised beds, containers, a balcony, or a small city plot. Anyone in Zone 8-9a who has watched a fall season go by unused and wants this year to be different.
Start by August 1 for the best results. If it is already mid-August, the guide will tell you exactly what still fits.
