Last Call for Beets: Window Shuts in 5 Days
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 2" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 28.
Plant today
Collards Leaves the Station Wednesday
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 0.5" deep, 18" apart, rows 36" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 28.
Last Call for Kale: Window Shuts in 5 Days
Do this: Sow seed or set transplants 0.5" deep, 12" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 28.
Onions (bulb, short-day) Leaves the Station Wednesday
Do this: Set out transplants 0.75" deep, 3" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 28.
5 Days Left on the Snap Beans (Bush Green Beans) Clock
Do this: Sow seed directly 1" deep, 3.5" apart, rows 33" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 23.
In season now
English Peas Is In Season. 47 Days to Make It Count.
Do this: Sow seed directly 1" deep, 1" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 3.
Spinach: 47 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 18.
Turnips: 47 Days Left to Plant
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 4" apart, rows 18" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Nov 8.
Opening this week
Radish Opens Wednesday. Clear a Spot.
Do this: Window runs Oct 14–Dec 2. Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 1" apart, rows 14" apart.
Planning ahead: next 30 days
19 Days Out: Garlic
Do this: Opens Oct 28. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
Garden chores
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.
Hugel build season
Do this: Fall is the time to build: dig a 1-2 foot trench and stack hardwood logs, branches and greens so the mound settles by spring.