Wednesday getting planted. A brief context to set expectations.
Wednesday getting planted: Quick notes
Here at Gardenerd HQ we’re getting it planted. It took several weekends, but at this point every bed is either seeded or planted out. It’s not too late to plant if you live in a warm-winter climate. Get your plants in before mid-December and you’ll enjoy the harvest early next year. Here’s some inspiration to help you get it planted.
New Stuff
This cover crop of Green Arrow shelling peas will serve the soil, and produce shelling peas for storage in the freezer. These are planted under protective cover until they get a little taller, then we’ll install cages for them to climb. Floating row cover keeps the rats from nibbling them down to nubbins. 
Fall-planted potatoes emerge from the soil. These will be ready to harvest in late winter / early spring. They are under cages to keep the cat from using the bed as a litter box. Once the foliage fills the bed, cages won’t be necessary. 
Our kale seedlings are in the ground. They are small and look a little sad right now, but they will jump once they grow new roots.
More New Stuff
Pirat lettuces leaves blush as they grow. It’s time to thin these seedlings a little. Mustard greens and other lettuces (background) are all growing in the salad garden together. 
Everbearing strawberries produce a winter crop. These will be ready around Christmas. Deer fencing protects them to ensure that we get the whole harvest. 
Sugar snap and snow peas reach for their trellis. Snow pea vines are shorter and produce first so it’s easy to tell them apart on the same trellis. 
Radishes need a little thinning now that they’re established. We’ll thin to one per space.
Old Stuff
We scattered the last of the dried dill seed heads around the garden this week. Dill will volunteer in the pathways and planters and will provide pollinators and beneficial insects with something to do over winter and early spring. 
If you haven’t already done so, it’s time to clean out your rain barrels to ready them for this weekend’s rains. 
Yes, our roses love to bloom in Oct/Nov in warm-winter climates.
Don’t shut down your garden this winter. Plant cool-season crops and enjoy the easiest growing season of the year.
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