Last Call for Radish: Window Shuts in 3 Days
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 1" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 24.
Start indoors & order seed
Order English Peas Seed Now or Watch the Season Go By
Do this: Planting starts Dec 21. Seed takes time to ship.
Order Spinach Seed Now or Watch the Season Go By
Do this: Planting starts Dec 21. Seed takes time to ship.
Planning ahead: next 30 days
8 Days Out: Onions (bulb, short-day)
Do this: Opens Dec 7. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
22 Days Out: English Peas
Do this: Opens Dec 21. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
22 Days Out: Spinach
Do this: Opens Dec 21. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
Garden chores
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.
Sort your wood pile
Do this: Set aside oak, maple and cottonwood for a hugel mound, and keep black walnut and cedar out of it.
Looper patrol on cabbage
Do this: Check broccoli, cabbage and collards for small green caterpillars and treat young ones with Bt.