The weather has turned colder. It’s as if the calendar told the weather, “Hey, it’s October. It’s time to get cold.” And it certainly did. We went from a balmy 80 the week before to mid 50s and low 60s all last week. There is hope for 70 degree weather this week which would be nice, but I’m not holding my breath.
There are still some fall cleanup and and preparation tasks that need to be undertaken in my garden and yard. Weeding, soil amending, sowing cover crops, planting spring blooming bulbs and mulching are all on my list. I actually considered starting my winter sowing project a little early this year. Most of the seeds that should grow after being in a period of cold/freezing weather are from plants that self seed. Setting them in the mini-greenhouses merely gives them protection from the animals and elements for the season until the spring. For being almost 7 months pregnant this seems like a long, almost impossible list. Today my gardening has been reduced to indoor herb gardening since I can’t get outside in the cold rainy weather.
About a month ago I spent the day with my mom and I found a cute glass jar with growing medium and basil seeds. I love basil and gardening so I thought I’d give it a try. Unfortunately, it did not dawn on me to take a picture of the soil pellet before I added water so you could see just how much it fluffed up.
What gardening tasks are you still undertaking?
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