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

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ZONES 1-3

• Continue to clean up your garden - as frost starts to kill plants, compost plant material or till it under.
• Harvest any remaining crops. Carrots and parsnips are often tastier after a slight frost.
• Before the ground totally freezes dig up any root crops and store them in sand in your root cellar or basement.
• Try to store your pumpkins and winter squash with brusing the skins so they will keep longer.
• Store your apples and potatoes in a separate area of your cellar.
• Only compost disease free tomato plants.
• Clean foliage from tomato cages or supports and place into dry area.
• Collect and shred fall leaves and store to use in your compost over winter or place them as mulch on your garden beds.

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ZONES 4-5

• Harvest and store late potatoes
• Begin garden clean up and compost garden debris as frost hits.
• Collect and shred fall leaves and store to use in your compost over winter or place them as mulch on your garden beds.
• Keep salad greens and leafy veggies productive as long as possible by using cold frames, floating row covers, or other protective shelters.
• Do not compost diseased foliage.
• Clean foliage from tomato cages or supports and store in a dry area.

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ZONES 6-7

• Harvest and store late potatoes and winter squash.
• Begin garden clean up and compost garden debris.
• Collect and shred fall leaves and store to use in your compost over winter or place them as mulch on your garden beds.
• Keep salad greens and leafy veggies productive as long as possible by using cold frames , floating row covers, or other protective shelters.
• Do not compost diseased foliage.
• Clean foliage from tomato cages or supports and place into dry area.
• Dig soil on empty beds and mulch or plant a cover crop.

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ZONES 8-10

• Sow peas this month and mulch after they germinate. With a mild winter peas will flower and produce in early spring.
• Rotate any overwintering crops you sow or transplant .
• Set out transplants of parsley and chives.
• Watch broccoli for signs of gray aphids. Spray if needed.
• Clean up beds putting fallen fruits and foliage into the compost. Do not compost diseased foliage.
• Collect and shred fall leaves and store to use in your compost over winter or place them as mulch on your garden beds.
• Keep salad greens and leafy veggies productive as long as possible by using cold frames, floating row covers, or other protective shelters.
• Clean foliage from tomato cages or supports and place into dry area.
• Dig soil on empty beds and mulch or plant a cover crop.

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