Zone 4 · October
This week in your garden
October is a quiet month in Zone 4. Harvesting root vegetables and storage crops; planting cover crops; mulching perennial beds; active cool-season gardening in warm zones; planting spring bulbs.
First frost lands around ~Oct 1 — see the countdown.
Do this now — October in Zone 4
Nothing in the Zone 4 calendar falls in October. This is planning season — a good moment to build next year's calendar.
Coming in November
Order seed and prepare beds now for what starts next month.
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