Last Call for Radish: Window Shuts in 4 Days
Do this: Sow seed directly 0.5" deep, 1" apart, rows 14" apart. Why: Plant today, first harvest around Dec 23.
Start indoors & order seed
Seed Check: English Peas Needs Ordering This Week
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
9 Days Out: Onions (bulb, short-day)
Do this: Opens Dec 7. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
23 Days Out: English Peas
Do this: Opens Dec 21. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
23 Days Out: Spinach
Do this: Opens Dec 21. Get seed and bed space lined up now.
Garden chores
Covers on before sundown
Do this: Drape frost cloth over tender crops in the late afternoon and pin it to the ground on every side.
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.
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