The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast by Ira Wallace

Author:Ira Wallace
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Timber Press
Published: 2013-11-15T05:00:00+00:00

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• OCTOBER •

SLOWING DOWN

I love our garden in October. The summer heat is over and I can have all the garden-fresh salads I want while paying very little attention to watering, and there are almost no insect pests for months to come. We’re busily harvesting and curing summer’s final bounty before Jack Frost comes calling: wheelbarrows full of sweet potatoes, bushels of carrots and potatoes, baskets of herbs to dry, peanuts, dried beans, southern peas, popcorn, and more. Figs are giving their last succulent sweet fruits, fall raspberries are rushing to finish the crop, and persimmons are just beginning to mature.

All over our region, gardeners are busy. In the Lower South, we’re gearing up for an extended “second spring” of fall and winter growing. In the Upper South, we’re cleaning up beds, mulching winter greens, and putting on protective coverings against the rapidly changing temperatures to come. Wherever you garden, bountiful harvests should remind you that the soil needs replenishing. Fall is the ideal time to work on your fertility and soil health. Composting, cover cropping, and mulching add to the bustling activity of the season.

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