October zone 7

Bed 1							Bed 2
1  ft.			1 ft.				1 ft.	1 ft.
						1
Leeks						2	Leeks
						3	Kale	Swiss Chard
						4
						5
						6
Bed 3							Bed 4
						1
						2
						3
						4
						5 Trellis
						6 Trellis

Overview

Cold-hardy plants can be planted in late August, September and even early October. Cold-hardy vegetables that can withstand heavy frost of air temperatures below 28 include spinach, Walla Walla sweet onion, garlic, leeks, rhubarb, rutabaga, broccoli, kohlrabi, kale, cabbage, chicory, Brussels sprouts, corn salad, arugula, fava beans, radish, mustard, Austrian winter pea and turnip.

Semi-hardy vegetables that can withstand light frost of air temperatures in the range of 28 to 32 degrees include beets, spring market carrots, parsnip, lettuce, chard, pea, Chinese cabbage, endive, radicchio, cauliflower, parsley and celery.

What does the Windowsill look like in November?

What do the garden beds look like in November?

Start Off- Direct Sow

Start Off- Transplant

Grow On

(9) Leek, American Flag 

(4) Kale, Blue Curled Scotch

(4) Kale, Red Russian 

(8) Swiss Chard, Rainbow 

Harvest

(18) Turnip, Purple Top White Globe

(4) Kale, Blue Curled Scotch 

(4) Kale, Red Russian 

(8) Lettuce, Buttercrunch Head 

(9) Spinach, American

(9) Spinach, Bloomsdale in Bed 1, section 3?

(32) Carrots, Scarlet Nantes in Bed 1, section 6.

(18) Beet, Cylindra in Bed 1, section 5.

(18) Bean, Maxibel Haricot Green in Bed 2, section 5.

(18) Leek, American Flag are growing on in Bed 2, section 6.

(18) Beans, Henderson Lima in Beds 3 and 4, sections 3.

(16) Peas, Dwarf Sugar Snow in Bed 3, section 4.

(8) Beans, Scarlet Runner are growing in Bed 3, sections 5 and 6.

(18) Beans, Henderson Lima in Beds 3 and 4, section 3 

(18) Kohlrabi, White and Purple Vienna are growing in Bed 4, section 4.

(8) Bok Choi are growing in Bed 4, section 5.

(16) Radish, Black Spanish in Bed 4, section 6.

Mortgage Lifter, Cherokee Purple and Purple Bumblebee Tomatoes are growing on in Bed 3, sections 1 and 2, Bed 4, sections 1 and 2 and containers?

 October 14, 2023

Purple and White Vienna Kohlrabi

Harvest Kohlrabi.

October 21, 2023

Time to harvest a few vegetables before the first frost of the year.

Blue Curly Leaf Kale and Red Russian Kale

At last your kale is ready to harvest. Pick a few leaves at a time from each of your 8 plants.

Kale often can winter over, if the weather is not too severe. You can harvest all winter as long as you don’t harvest too much at one time.

Dwarf Sugar and Lincoln Peas

Time to harvest Dwarf Sugar and Lincoln peas.

American Flag Leeks

Finally time to begin digging up the leeks.

October 23, 2023

First Frost Date

Black Spanish Radish

If the last of the radishes haven’t developed roots, just harvest the leaves for salads.

Bloomsdale Spinach

Time to harvest Bloomsdale spinach.