LATE October
The wind-down.
Garlic goes back in the ground. Dahlias dug. Winter squash curing. First hard frost coming.
A note from the notebook
“The garden is never done. Every bed is either becoming or fading — and both are the point.”
Every bed, and what’s in it.
Click a bed to see its full layout, photo timeline, and every planted square.
4 × 4 square-foot
Bed 1
Growing garlic, onions, leeks, and broccoli.
16 of 16 squares planted
4 × 8 square-foot
Bed 2
Resting for now — nothing planted yet.
0 of 32 squares planted
4 × 8 square-foot
Bed 3
Resting for now — nothing planted yet.
0 of 32 squares planted
4 × 8 square-foot
Bed 4
Resting for now — nothing planted yet.
0 of 32 squares planted
4 × 8 square-foot
Bed 5
Resting for now — nothing planted yet.
0 of 32 squares planted
4 × 8 square-foot
Bed 6 — Cutting Row
Resting for now — nothing planted yet.
0 of 32 squares planted
List planting
Squash Zone
Resting for now — nothing planted yet.
0 plantings
List planting
Asparagus Bed
Resting for now — nothing planted yet.
0 plantings
List planting
Flower Border
Resting for now — nothing planted yet.
0 plantings
List planting
Orchard
Resting for now — nothing planted yet.
0 plantings
More on the garden.
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The first strawberries.
Half a pint from the June-bearers, eaten warm off the plant. Enough to remember why we grow them.
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Pulling the mulch off the garlic.
The hardneck garlic went in October. Now the straw comes off — and there are already green tips waiting.
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Brassica starts under the shop lights.
Six weeks before last frost, the broccoli and cabbage go in. Twelve trays, one shop light, and a routine that will run for eight weeks.