Along with my fruit trees, I've planted salad greens. I'm still not sure what fall and winter mean here, as October is one of the nicest, sunniest months in Sausalito, but at night the tempratures start dropping and it feels like autumn. So I've planted a mix of warm and cold weather greens. Some red and green leaf lettuce, romaine, mache, kale, blood beets, arugula and rainbow chard. From seeds indoors, I'm going to start a batch for cooler weather that includes of kale, endive, arugula, mizuna mustard, and spinach.

For great planting salad green planting advice, check out the book, A Salad for all Seasons, written by Charles Dowding and published by Chelsea Green .There's also a video on You Tube of Charles telling some of the tricks of his trade.