Garden Update and What to Plant in Kansas City this Weekend July 18-20.

by Sarah Snodgrass   ·   July 18th, 2025   ·   Filed Under Garden + Chickens   ·   No Comments

Dragon’s Tongue Bush Beans

Vegetables to Plant

  • Cabbage Plants
  • Cauliflower Plants
  • Turnip Seeds
  • Carrot Seeds

Technically, the planting guides say that we can plant these veggies as of 7/20… However, next week looks like a pretty brutal weather week in Kansas City. I will not be planting anything this weekend; I’m going to wait a week or two. Keep track of the latest home and garden news and what to plant each week by subscribing to my weekly newsletter.

A Look Ahead to Fall Gardening and Maintenance

Here in Kansas City, we have three gardening seasons: spring, summer (current), and fall. Early August is the perfect time to plant your fall vegetable garden. In addition to the above list, soon you can plant more things like bush beans, broccoli, kale, arugula, lettuce, spinach, peas, etc!

In addition to vegetable gardening, fall is a great time to plant new grass, shrubs, and trees. We plan to renovate our lawn and a plant a few new shrubs this fall. We will wait until early September for these tasks.

Sarah’s colorful potato harvest

This weekend, I will add mulch to my front landscaping beds and I will harvest potatoes and garlic in my backyard vegetable garden. I planted the garlic in December and the potatoes in March – they take a long time to grow! Garlic is easy to store, so I always plant a year’s supply. It tastes better than store-bought, and it costs less. Honestly, I’m not sure how much better the potatoes taste than store bought, but they are fun to grow and even more fun to dig!

Kid’s Corner

Kids love to harvest things that grow underground like potatoes, sweet potatoes, and carrots. It’s like digging for buried treasure! This weekend, my kids will help dig our potatoes. Here is how: Once the potato plant dies back, pull it out and then dig around that area for the potatoes. You have to be very careful with tools, or you will damage your potatoes. I just use a hand shovel to loosen the soil in the area, then we use gloved hands to dig around. Each plant will have at least a few potatoes, so keep digging until you find them all! Give each child their own bucket so they can keep track of the size of their “treasure”. Happy gardening!