OCTOBER

Things to do:

• Protect plants from frost, harvest herbs in the time to dry. Make herb binegars, jellies, etc. for holiday gift.

• Plant your own grains to harvest, thresh, mill and bake in June and July.

• This is another good time to put in an herb garden, shrubs, and California native plants.

• Plant bulbs such as daffodils, narcissus, freesias, anemone and others.

• Chill tulips and hyacinths for four to six weeks and plant in December

• Transplant perennial herbs.

• Sow California native wildflower seeds.

Plant Directly: Garlic from bulbs, wheat, oats, triticale, barley and cereal rye October 1-15

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Start in flats 1st of month: wheat, oats, triticale, barley and cereal rye

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Transplant: wheat, oats, triticale, barley and cereal rye

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Remember 1st soft frost approximately October 15th