October Month of Garden and Farm/Homestead Chores

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• Feed the soil with manure, compost, and cover crops. Spread manure from barnyard animals directly on garden beds to compost during winter months!
• Direct Seed in Garden

1. Wildflowers
2. Green Manure Cover crops (White Clover, Crimson Clover, Hairy Vetch, or Annual Rye)

• Transplant

1. Garlic Bulbs
2. Perennial Herbs and Flowers if you have started them or if you have some which need to be changed to another location

• Harvest (Assuming you started a fall garden or still have things to harvest from your summer garden)

1. Peppers
2. Carrots
3. Beets
4. Winter Squash
5. Sweet Potatoes
6. Lettuce
7. Greens
8. Cilantro
9. Parsley

• Cover plants with row covers before hard frost to extend harvest into winter months. You can use garbage bags, newspaper, other plastic covers, or even cardboard to protect from frost. Just remember to remove during the day!
• Clean up and compost garden debris (weeds, left over vines, plants, etc. from harvest).
• Drain and store hoses (very important to prevent water freezing in hoses and hoses bursting!).

If you have a later frost or NO frost you may be able to still do the following:

• Collect and save mature, dry seed from non-hybrid varieties. Seal in air tight containers, label, and store in refrigerator or freezer. Let some herbs reseed themselves in the garden such as parsley, cilantro, and dill.
• Direct Seed in Garden

1. Spinach
2. Leaf lettuces
3. Chinese Cabbage
4. Turnips
5. Kohlrabi
6. Radishes
7. Parsley
8. Cilantro
9. Green manure cover crops (Crimson clover, White Dutch clover, hairy vetch, annual rye)

• Transplant

1. Divide and replant Egyptian Onions
2. Divide and replant Spring Blooming bulbs
3. Perennial Herbs and Glowers

• Harvest

1. Green beans
2. Tomatoes
3. Potatoes
4. Peppers
5. Carrots
6. Crowder Peas
7. Celery
8. Radishes
9. Okra
10. Dried Beans
11. Eggplant
12. Winter Squash
13. Pumpkins
14. Salad Greens
15. Arugula
16. Lettuces
17. Red Raspberries
18. Apples
19. Watermelon
20. Herbs

• Dry herbs and flowers (They make great fall bouquets to decorate your home!).
• Mulch perennial beds, fruit trees, and berries.
• Clean up garden debris and add to compost pile.

I hope these tips have helped you some. Please let me know if you have any questions. I will try to answer the best I can, or point you to someone who knows the answer!

Thanks for reading!