Last Call for Radish: Window Shuts in 2 Days
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 1" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 25.
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.
Opening this week
7 Days to Onions (bulb, short-day)
Do this: Window runs Dec 7–Jan 18. Set out transplants 0.75" deep, 3" apart, rows 14" apart.
Planning ahead: next 30 days
21 Days Out: English Peas
Do this: Opens Dec 21. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
21 Days Out: Spinach
Do this: Opens Dec 21. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
Garden chores
Clean up the hiding spots
Do this: Pull spent vines and remove boards and debris where squash bugs and other pests spend the winter.
Cover the bare beds
Do this: Sow cereal rye, oats, crimson clover or hairy vetch in any bed that will sit empty this winter.
Blanch the greens
Do this: Blanch collards 3 minutes and other greens 2 minutes, cool, and freeze.