Welcome to October in my Ohio garden! This October garden tour & update shares what is still growing in the garden, some variety highlights as well as challenges and upcoming projects in the garden.
I am growing in Zone 6a (first frost date of approx. mid-Oct.), mid-western Ohio, and focus on growing things I love to eat (vegetables, fruits & herbs), with flowers thrown in primarily for the pollinators & beneficial insects.
I’m glad you’re here!
Related videos:
Cool season cover crops to plant in the fall: https://youtu.be/wURdgSVRpFU
Best way to summer sow carrots: https://youtu.be/Vmkb8njZ2f0
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21 Comments
You are still my favorite Garden and I'm improving mostly from your teaching and the love of gardening, Just yesterday I picked cucumbers and radishes mostly from your teaching of late season gardening.
I'm understanding best to mulch heavy and below the mulch usually OK and top above ground sometimes lives mostly 6a weather
Plumbers tape. Metal strapping, cheap, run the screws back in through that wrapped around the corners. It'll hold for at least 5 years. Love your show pretty lady. Jealous AF of your garden, as you know. For the tunnel critters, you need chicken wire down underneath your beds. Fix it to the wood before you flip it over. That'll stop them for several years depending on how much rain you get. The finer the wire, the better the results. I used to chat with you under the name Matthew Jin, back when I was combatting moles AND stray cats ruining my raised bed garden. Still don't know how you have the energy to keep such a massive spread, you can't be more than a couple decades younger than me.
Thanks for the tour! I left for a business trip and it was 85F, got back and had ice in my wheel barrow this morning. Always some challenges in our neck of the woods!
Always find myself a lot hungrier after watching your vlog!!!
I live in Midcoast Maine and I've never had the insect problems like I've had this season. I never saw a cucumber beetle or a tomato fruit worm or cut worm until this season. These are new gardens this year, we built a house about four miles from our old house.
My crops did suffer due to drought and heat. Right now cover crops are growing. Do you do anything for your herb garden? I have a very large one and would like to amend the soil but I’m not sure with what.
Do you know what that red pepper you were holding is called Jen? Curious. I bought a package of delicious red and orange and yellow and purple peppers. They are sweet. I took the seeds of the red one and threw a bunch in a grow bag. I have a yard full of these huge long sweet peppers now and have no idea what they are called.
Where did you find those hoops?
Trees changing color look like a calendar shot. So beautiful.
You can make some home brew beer with those hops!
I can loan you my cat for the chipmunks. She will bring them in to share.
I just bought a bag of just long red sweet peppers that are called rustica. I may try the same thing for next year with these. I love experimenting if I find something I love and I will eat it. The sun was very bad in west Arkansas this year. And it was way way too dry. Your garden looks wonderful.
Your gardens always look so organized! We always till our in ground garden in the spring and fall. Is there any advantages for skipping the fall till? I usually add organic matter in the fall and I enjoy the look of the garden cleaned up. My biggest concern would be top soil loss d/t wind over the long winter. I’m zone 5b… any suggestions from any gardener would be appreciated.. I’m trying to avoid regrets:)
A friend of mine grew up in Amish country in Wayne County, and he fondly remembers ground cherry pie.
Love your honesty when talking about your garden
Jenna, thank you for this video! This was my first entire year for a hugelkultur bed. It was a big learning experience and have already made some adjustments for next year. My question for you is do you sow cover crops on yours? I had a mix from Territorial Seed left over from last year. I recently was blessed with a load of cow manure & dug out pond dirt to add to mine. It may still be too hot although the manure looks quite dry. Threw the cover crop mix on today.. Hope I haven’t set myself up for massive headaches next year…
Loved the way you referred to the Chicago fig as "her". I'm getting an abundance of enormous blackberries this year. They are gorgeous! At least something had a bumper crop this really rainy growing season in NH. Thank you for the info regarding the AAS winners. I will be checking out my region, looking for possibilities for next year.
Jenna, I want you to know that I appreciate you and all that you do so much. You're doing such an important work for us that strive to be self-sufficient. Much love from Detroit.
Hi Jenna,
Oh Chipmunks are a pain in the butt they dug a hole found a gap. I had one adult six tiny ones in the house. They are destructive in the garden. I quit feeding the birds outside been 3 years just a few are hanging around
Your plants look so healthy, tomorrow I'm going to spray my tropical hibiscus soak root ball in peroxide 1:4. OMG did not know we could grow millet. I have two small birds. Expensive to buy.
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The bucket with seeds works to the last one wet or dry, then the distant neighbors that like to feed them comes in handy for new colonies.