August 2025 Food Literacy Podcast
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August 2025 Food Literacy Podcast
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August offers opportunities to sow seeds for crops that will carry our gardeners into autumn. There will be about 60 days before the first frost date. Check out the video links for crops that will mature before October 15th. Because frost dates are not set in stone, you may even have a longer period. Last year, I harvested some warm-weather crops after November 1, so you never know. Just know there is ample time to continue your 2025 gardening journey...
I am elated to offer this episode after beginning my gardening adventure thinking that everything had to be sown before July 1st. There are plenty of crops that you can sow for a fall harvest. The main things to remember is that they should mature in the next 60 days of so and that they can endure cooling late summer and early autumn temperatures, especially at night.
Here are some links for you to check out.
From one of my favorite YouTube channels, the Gardening Channel, here is a video with 20 potential crops you may want to consider sowing in August.
I want you to think outside the box and have fun gardening. I have experimented with multiple varieties of crops such as kale, collards (my favorite), okra, beans, peas, and others from the African Diaspora. So, I am happy to share this video from a plant person in Brooklyn that grows cotton! Also, check out this offering.
I love our plant kin, without them, life as we know it on Mother Earth would not exist. Check out some videos regarding plant research:
The Sleepy Scientist: How Plants Make Life Possible
New Scientific Discoveries That Change Everything About Plants
How Plants Think...
I always thought bolting was something you wanted to avoid except perhaps if you wanted to collect seeds. But the Benefits of Bolting?
Happy August, look out for the September episode dropping soon!
Contact: orrinw@uic.edu
The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speaker’s own and do not represent the views, thoughts, and opinions of the University of Illinois at Chicago, the OCEAN-HP, the CPHP, the CUT, or the RWH podcast series. The material and information presented here are for general information purposes only. While the podcast is about food literacy, we offer no medical or health advice and encourage our listeners to seek guidance from their healthcare providers.