November Garden Tasks
Imagine going out this Thanksgiving into your garden and harvesting fresh carrots for Turkey dinner or making fresh leek and potato soup right from your own garden beds. If you have been following the calendar you could still be harvesting these vegetables and more. And if you want and amazing garden next spring continue following along as we get a jump-start on next years garden this November. This is an ideal time to prepare the soil and improve it’s structure and fertility. It is best to add organic matter like peat moss and organic fertilizers now so that it has time to coalesce with the soil and allows the soil’s microorganisms time to work their magic. This is also a good time to plant cover crops. Cover crops are plants grown specifically to turn back into the soil and improve its structure. Nitrogen fixing plants like fava beans and Austrian field peas will grab valuable nitrogen from the atmosphere (Nitrogen is the gas found in largest quantities in the atmosphere) and then release it back to next years plants as it breaks down in the soil. So keep reading and let’s get busy. Don’t let this most valuable time in the garden slip past you.
