Your October Garden - How To Prep & What To Plant?

1 Way To Wow With Your Winter Garden

It's not too late! Start your winter garden on the cheap. This month is perfect timing. If you don't have a garden bed yet, I can fix that. I'll show you how to build a bed and plant veggies quick.
Imagine eating fresh food with family for Fall.

You need two tools, one slab of dirt, and a sun-soaked spot.
Grab a shovel and spading fork (picture a small/strong pitchfork)
No wood and no nails. No screws and no wire. We're going old school and natural. Just soil and seeds. With this trick you'll pump super-production from a puny patch of dirt.

I'll introduce the infamous “double dig” by John Jeavons.
If you haven't seen his tutorials, check my Village Wash Community Garden FB page.
Measure 5' x 20'. Just go smaller if you're scared of commitment.
Dig your 1'st trench 1ft deep across the front. Throw all this dirt in a wheel barrow.
Now take your spading fork and loosen the soil at the bottom of your 1'st trench.

Now imagine what you did. You removed the top foot of soil and fluffed another foot deep in the trench. You made 2 feet of fluff for fantastic rooting.

Now step back and dig a 2nd trench beside the 1st. Toss the top soil from the 2nd trench into the 1st trench. Your new trench fills the original.
When the 2nd trench is done, take your spading fork and fluff the dirt below.
Now move back a foot and dig the 3rd trench. Toss this top soil into the 2nd... And repeat... Until you fall flat or your garden is fully forked and tossed.

To finish, dump your wheelbarrow from the 1st trench into the last.
Kick back, relax and revel in working with nature. Your new light soil will be raised higher than surrounding areas. Take care to not walk or get smashy on your precious fluff.
Your plant's roots will love this loose room to roam.

Now plant immediately! Don't worry. Here's some good winter plants.
Spinach: You'll eat baby leaves all winter and greens in summer. Talk about bang for your buck.
Broad Beans: They take off like an old hot-rod... but taste better. They'll be ready to eat soon.
Onions And Garlic: Won't be ready till Summer, but worth the wait for your BBQ!

It's time for you to play in October dirt. In your garden, as in life, nothing beautiful happens without some hard work on the front end.

I also published this article in the Santa Cruz Mountain Bulletin. It's a small local paper. Cheers my gardening friends.

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