Beets: 12 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 2" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 21.
In season now
Collards: 12 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 0.5" deep, 18" apart, rows 36" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 21.
Still Time for Kale — 12 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 0.5" deep, 12" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 21.
Onions (bulb, short-day): 12 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Set out transplants 0.75" deep, 3" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 21.
Snap Beans (Bush Green Beans): 12 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed directly 1" deep, 3.5" apart, rows 33" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 16.
Still Time for English Peas — 54 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed directly 1" deep, 1" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 26.
Spinach: 54 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 11.
Still Time for Turnips — 54 Days and Counting
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 1.
Planning ahead: next 30 days
12 Days Out: Radish
Do this: Opens Oct 14. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
26 Days Out: Garlic
Do this: Opens Oct 28. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
Garden chores
Rain coming? Barrels ready
Do this: Clear your gutters and empty or hook up rain barrels, since every inch of rain gives about 0.5 gallon per square foot of roof.
Stock up on frost cloth
Do this: Buy frost cloth, clips and stakes now, before the first front sells out the stores.
Kill the vines, turn the soil
Do this: Pull and trash spent squash vines, and turn the soil so overwintering borer pupae are exposed.