September 07, 2010
Get your "to do list" based on the the area you live.
Information and to do lists are organized by the plant hardiness zones across Canada, United States, and Europe. If you do not know what planting zone you live in check the chart for the country you live in.
Planting zones in Canada
Planting zones in the USA
Planting zones in Europe
NEW BOOKS by Catherine Abbott COMING SOON!
Stay tuned for "My 2011 Vegetable Garden Journal" and
"The Everything Root Cellaring Book"
ZONES 1-3
- Harvest frost tender pumpkins, squash and gourds late this month.
- Plant garlic for overwintering. Mulch after the ground freezes.
- Remove bottom leaves from Brussel sprouts spike to give maturing sprouts room and vigor.
- Pot up herb plants or start seeds for winter use and indoor growing.
- Greenhouse and sunroom gardeners should start now.
- Late variety of tomatoes are a peak production but ripening slows as temperature fall.
- If a hard freeze threatens harvest all fruit and make up tomato relish and green tomato pickles.
- Clean out planters and replenish soil in preparation for fall bulbs and overwintering plants. Use compost to enrich and perlite for drainage.
NEW BOOKS by Catherine Abbott COMING SOON!
Stay tuned for "My 2011 Vegetable Garden Journal" and
"The Everything Root Cellaring Book"
ZONES 4-5
- Plant spinach and garlic .
- Plant cover crops such as oats or rye for overwintering.
- Prepare frost protection for tender plants.
- Harvest frost tender plants like pumpkins, squash an gourds late in the month.
- After the ground freezes mulch all plants that are still in the garden.
- Pot up herb plants or start seeds for winter use and indoor growing.
- Greenhouse and sunroom gardeners should start seeds now.
- June planted varieties should be at peak production and ripening may slow once it gets cold.
- If a hard frost threatens harvest all fruits and make tomato relish and green tomato pickles.
- Compost dead vegetation.
- Clean out planters and replenish soil in preparation for fall bulbs and overwintering plants. Use compost to enrich and perlite for drainage.
NEW BOOKS by Catherine Abbott COMING SOON!
Stay tuned for "My 2011 Vegetable Garden Journal" and
"The Everything Root Cellaring Book"
"The Everything Root Cellaring Book" ZONES 6-7
- Harvest your crops as they mature.
- Set out transplants of cool weather vegetables like lettuce , mustard, and turnips.
- Watch for spider mites and stinkbug infestations.
- Tomatoes are coming to an end, pick what’s left while still half green to limit insect and bird damage. Ripen by storing in a warm place.
- Remove and destroy any leaves on your tomato or squash plants that may be infested with late blight.
- Clean out planters and replenish soil in preparation for fall bulbs and overwintering plants. Use compost compost to enrich and perlite for drainage.
NEW BOOKS by Catherine Abbott COMING SOON!
Stay tuned for "My 2011 Vegetable Garden Journal" and
"The Everything Root Cellaring Book"
ZONES 8-10
- Stop fertilizing plants that are nearing maturity.
- Harvest squash and potatoes .
- Loosen onions from the ground and let them dry in the sun.
- Start cleaning up empty beds.
- Start planting overwintering cover crop such as rye in and empty beds.
- Protect corn from raccoons by placing a nylon net draped on stakes over the plants.
- Remove the lower leaves on tomato plants to improve air circulation.
- Ripening may slow as nights get cooler.
- Clean out planters and replenish soil in preparation for fall bulbs and overwintering plants. Use compost to enrich and perlite for drainage.
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