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Garden Notes: October 2023

Monday, October 30, 2023 0:00

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Rainfall

12th: 0.55″
14th: 0.33″
16th: 0.01″
20th: 0.31″
Total so far: 1.2 inches

Temperature

range of nighttime lows: 38 to 59°F (3.5 to 15°C)
range of daytime highs: 59 to 84°F (15 to 29°C)

Weather Notes

About mid-month the mornings were getting cool enough to switch to my winter work schedule. That means I do my garden and outdoor work in the afternoons. Mornings are indoors. That’s when I used to do most of my writing, but now I mostly weave and sew (which I talk about on my other blog).

According to the weather forecast, a cold front will push through any time now. Our first frost looks extremely likely after that.

Planted (all early in the month)

carrots
daikons
turnips
lettuce
kale
Egyptian walking onions

It’s been pretty dry, so many of my seeds sit dormant in the ground. Maybe they’ll make for an early spring garden.

Transplanted

hazelnuts
chestnuts

These are saplings I traded hopniss tubers for.

Harvested

greens: kale, turnip, daikon
turnips
cherry tomatoes
slicing tomatoes (which don’t want to ripen)
sweet peppers
first sweet potato squash (the others are still greenish)
pecans
quince

1st quince

I planted two little Chinese quince trees back in March of 2021. I’ve kept an eye on them for fruit, but missed this one entirely. I found it on the ground! I have no idea what to do with it yet, but I’m looking forward to learning.

Okra and green bean plants are fading but still manage to put out a few. I’m letting these dry to save the seed for next year.

Salads, of course.

Kale, Swiss chard, daikon greens, cherry tomatoes, green pepper,
and aged goat feta. The dressing is a commercial chickpea dressing.
It’s tasty, so I want to experiment with trying to make my own.

Things to do before first frost

Harvest sweet potatoes
Harvest sweet potato squash
Bring my potted ginger indoors
Try potting one of my green pepper plants again this year. Last year’s didn’t make it, but I didn’t have a good place to store it. This year, I have the greenhouse, so I’m hoping for success.

Parting shots

Not much fall color this year, but the forsythia bushes never disappoint.

Spotted this little guy on a leaf of one of my potted chestnuts.

Garden Notes: October 2023 © October 2023

by Leigh at http://www.5acresandadream.com

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