we recommend that most of you plant in late autumn, usually this means planting garlic between Columbus Day and Halloween. However, if you’re a little farther north, your garlic cloves are better planted earlier in the season.
Garlic time! Mid month is when you need to get your garlic planted. You can plant it from now until spring as long as the ground isn't frozen, but it does best if planted this month. You will have much larger bulbs when planted this early, so don't wait! Vegetables to Start in N...
While it’s probably getting colder in October, you might be able to grow garlic and certain varieties of beans with some care. November Since November tends to be colder; you’ll want to pull any additional crops that you still have in the ground. Conduct a cleanup and make sure your ...
Just because the weather is cooling off doesn’t mean the growing season has to be over. Cooler fall temperatures are the perfect time to plant many delicious vegetables such as garlic, asparagus, peas and onions and shallots. When should I stop watering before harvesting?
I planted buckwheat today, hoping to get a cover crop in the bed my garlic goes in. I brought out the extra blankets today too. Last night we were awaken by the strangest sound. It took a minute to realize that the furnace had started! Is it my age that makes each day pass so qu...
Garlic, arugula, beets, carrots, mustard greens, and Swiss chard are among the many cold-hardy vegetables you can cultivate to provide food in fall and winter months. Radicchio, rutabaga, and savoy cabbage also thrive well when planted outdoors for harvest later on. ...
Foredible crops, fertilizer is usually applied in the spring and mixed into the garden soil before planting. If you’ve already sown your seeds or planted seedlings, you can still gently work in granular fertilizer (not liquid fertilizer, which can burn young roots) around the plants. It need...
Seedlings should be hardened off outdoors before planting. They may be planted sooner with some protection (cold frames, cloches), allow the chosen method to first heat the soil a few days before planting. The chart below is a general guideline only, use this to determine what can be plante...
And cold. This morning it is fifty five degrees; I thought it was June but possibly it could be October and no one told me. I’ve chopped up lemons and scattered the sourness all over the garden, I’ve sprayed the garlic and rotten egg solution and sprinkled coffee grounds around all ...
the more mosquitoes hate it. Those essentials are naturally released when the plant gets warmed up on a sunny day, but you can also take advantage of them by smushing up lavender leaves and flowers and rubbing them on your skin. That’s great in a pinch and unlike rubbing garlic juice ...