A Tiny Slice Of Paradise: Things to Do in October

Events

2018-10-31 Samhain (New Years Eve)

FIRST FROST - Murfreesboro

Oct 5th - 10% Chance
Oct 22nd - 50 % Chance
Nov 9th - 90%
2012 - 10/29
2013 - 10/24
2014 - 10/5
2015 - 10/17
2017 - 10/29

Harvest

Maybe last of Chicago Hardy Figs (StarkBros) - harvest before last frost
Late Oct - Missouri Hardy Pecan
Mid to Late Oct -

Kanza Pecan
Pawnee Pecan
120 day Pumpkin & winter squash planted in mid June
Black Walnuts

2013 - 10/03 Began harvesting
2015 - 10/12 2 1/2 gallons
2017

10/11 100 BW
10/13 52 BW
10/15 501 BW
10/16 347 WB
10/20 70

Southern Giant Pecans
Sunflower Sprouts from spilled seed

2017 - 10/20 24 each

Seed Harvest

2013 - 10/20

Mixed Basil

2016 -10/15

Morning Glories
Moon Flowers

Farmers Market

2013 - 10/12

Orange Tomatoes
Red slicing tomatoes
roma tomatoes
carrots
green cauliflower
fried pies - peach
Bianca White (Sweet) Peppers
Green (Bell) Peppers
Orange (Bell) Peppers
Hot Red Peppers
New Potatoes

Blooming

2015 - 10/7

Red penstemon
Basil
Little daisy-like things
Last of honeysuckle
Last of small yellow rudebekias

2016 - 10/15

Heavenly Blue Morning Glories
Little White Daisies
"Ditch" Morning Glories

Garden - Events

Per Tennessee Gardener (Oct 2011), bulb sale at Ivan Racheff House and Garden in Knoxville. First Th-Fr-Sat each year.
Last month for the Murfreesboro's "Saturday Farmer's Market"

Garden - Sowing

Plant winter rye cover crop (chickens can also graze in winter for greens)
Per Tennessee Gardener (Oct 2011), plant hardy onion plants and sets, winter cabbage and collards (cabbage and collards surviving to 15*F)
Sow hardneck garlic

Wildlife

Per Tennessee Gardener (Oct 2011), put up bird feeders.

Roses

Next, stop cutting off dead blooms in early October; this signals the plant to stop producing new growth so it can be ready for winter. Remove only the petals to keep the beds clean. http://www.nashvillerosesociety.com/GrowingBeautifulRoses.html

Trees

When 50% of leaves have fallen, spray with compost tea (Holistic Orchard)

Finding Things

The easiest way to read things in order is to use the tabs across the top of this journal. This will link you to a list of all available entries for a particular month or by year.

You can also use the search box above.

And you can use the label cloud below.

Part of the problem is that entries for all years for a particular date are added to the same blog entry. For example, the blog entry titled "March 7" will include all of the entries for all years for March 7. This means that updates are done in random order - which confuses the blog structure. Of course, if you like to wander around, just read them in the order that Blogger presents the entries.

More about my journals below.

Thanks for stopping by!

[My Nevada Blog (as opposed to journal) can be found at http://highdesertgardening.blogspot.com/]

My Journals

I have been keeping a Garden/Farm Journal for a number of years. I am now posting them as I have time.

I continue to keep a current journal, so this will take a while to update. Wish me luck!

We moved to Tennessee in 2012, and as of December 2012, I don't have a garden. I will start a Tennessee garden blog once I do; however, you may read my Nevada blog at High Desert Gardening for something with photos and possibly more interesting posts. As I get to them (or, if I get to them), a cross reference by month could be found here.

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