🪴garden projects for next season, in the order I'll actually get to them
ranked by how much I'll regret NOT doing them, not by ambition. the ambitious ones are at the bottom on purpose.
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1
Get garlic in the ground
If I miss the October window again I lose a whole year of it. No debate, this goes first.
2
Build a second raised bed before spring rush
Lumber prices always jump in March. Buy the wood now while I complain about the weather instead of the cost.
3
Fix the gap in the deer fence
4
Add drip irrigation to the back bed
Hand-watering that bed all summer is what wrecked my forearm this year.
5
Get a compost tumbler instead of my sad bin
The bin never gets hot enough. First-year me thought heat didn't matter for compost. It does.
6
Label everything, actually
Replanted three kale starts on top of carrots I'd already seeded there (learned the hard way).
7
Try a cold frame for winter greens
8
Espalier the old apple tree
9
Try dahlias for cutting
10
Deal with the squash vine borer situation
Lost every zucchini to this in August. Reading up on floating row cover for next year.
11
Test a no-dig bed in the back corner
Watched too much Charles Dowding to not try it at least once.
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