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Over-60 Zone 6B regenerative gardener Living soil ā€¢ Compost systems ā€¢ Pollinators
Chemical-free ā€¢ Closed-loop garden
Helping grow healthy soil, protect pollinators, and heal the earth
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šŸ‚ Is your garden soil sitting bare going into winter?Bare soil may look tidy, but fall rain, wind, and repeated freezing...
10/22/2026

šŸ‚ Is your garden soil sitting bare going into winter?

Bare soil may look tidy, but fall rain, wind, and repeated freezing and thawing can leave that soil crusted, eroded, and less protected by spring.

Here in Zone 6B, there are still a few things we can do in late October:

šŸ‚ Cover beds with shredded leaves
šŸŒ± Cereal rye can still be an option this late
šŸ¤Ž Add a layer of finished compost
šŸŖµ Use wood chips on paths, or keep them strictly on top if using them as bed mulch
šŸ§„ Plant garlic and mulch it afterward

The goal isnā€™t a perfectly cleaned-up garden. Itā€™s protected soil.

What are you covering your beds with this winter?

10/21/2026

If gardeners rode my school busā€¦ šŸ˜‚šŸŒ±

Weā€™d be swapping zinnia seeds, judging each otherā€™s raised-bed budgets, planning a nursery trip, and comparing whose knees still work.

And apparently somebodyā€™s husband is still standing there holding one tomato hornworm like he just came back from battle. šŸ˜‚

Which kid are YOU on this bus?

10/21/2026

Some mornings just stack one thing on top of another. šŸ˜µā€šŸ’«

Wrong-way drivers, someone blowing through my school bus stop arm, road construction, a rushed breakfast stop, picking up an extra shiftā€¦ and this was supposed to be my one day off from field trips so I could finally get some harvesting done.

No wonder my basil looked the way it did.

Some days the garden is the one place that reminds me I can still slow down, tend something, and leave one little corner of the world better than I found it.

What brings you back down to earth when life starts piling up?

10/21/2026

Garden poll for today šŸ‚

Whatā€™s on your October garden to-do list?

A. Clean up garden beds
B. Plant garlic
C. Plant cover crops
D. Mulch with leaves
E. Plan for next year

Comment your answer below. Pick more than one if your October list is doing the absolute most. šŸ˜‚

Fall garden work may look quieter, but a lot of it is really setting up next season before winter settles in.

10/20/2026

Field trip day at Glenwood Gardens šŸŒæ

Except I apparently decided to call it ā€œGlenway Gardensā€ firstā€¦ and then my camera started going sideways. šŸ˜‚

I couldā€™ve edited it out, but honestly, this is real life, so I left it in.

What are YOU doing in your neck of the woods today?

10/20/2026

If you donā€™t want mystery tomatoes next year, donā€™t leave these behind. šŸ…

Those fallen cherry tomatoes can leave seeds in the soil, and some may sprout next spring as volunteer tomatoes.

Sometimes they grow just like the parent plant. Sometimes, especially with hybrids, they can surprise you with different fruit.

Would you pull a volunteer tomato next spring, or let it grow just to see what you get? Tell me in the comments.

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10/20/2026

By late fall, most of a bumblebee colony is gone, and the newly mated queens are the ones that survive winter.

They overwinter alone in protected places like loose soil, leaf litter, and other sheltered garden spots, then emerge in spring to start new colonies.

That means fall cleanup can matter more than it looks. Leaving some leaves and avoiding unnecessary disturbance in part of the garden can help protect next springā€™s pollinators.

Sometimes doing less really does help more. šŸšŸ‚

10/19/2026

Frost hit, but Iā€™m not wasting this basil.

Weā€™ve already had frost here in Indiana, and my basil is officially done for the season. I brought it inside just long enough to get one final harvest.

Because this is the FINAL harvest, Iā€™m cutting the usable stems low instead of pruning above a leaf node to encourage new growth.

I wonā€™t have time to process it for a couple of days, so Iā€™m leaving the leaves on the stems and putting the cut ends in water at room temperature.

Next, Iā€™ll show you how Iā€™m cleaning, drying, and preserving this final harvest.

Follow Growing Good for Part 2.

10/18/2026

Are you a w**d finderā€¦ or a seed finder?

Two people can walk through the same garden and see completely different things.

One notices every w**d, every dead leaf and everything that went wrong.

The other notices whatā€™s still growing.

The w**ds are real. We donā€™t have to pretend they arenā€™t there. But they donā€™t have to be the only thing we see.

Philippians 4:8 reminds us to turn our thoughts toward what is true, honorable, just, pure, lovely, commendable and worthy of praise.

So thatā€™s my Sunday Reflection this week:

What are you training your eyes to find?

There will always be w**ds. Iā€™m just not going to let them be the only thing I see.

What are you looking for this week?

Grow what matters.

October in Zone 6B is not the end of the garden. It's the setup for spring. Here's what's on my list this month:šŸ› Check ...
10/15/2026

October in Zone 6B is not the end of the garden. It's the setup for spring. Here's what's on my list this month:

šŸ› Check for pests. Cabbage worms don't know it's October. They're still eating like it's Thanksgiving.
šŸ§„ Plant garlic now, spinach for a spring harvest, kale transplants, and cereal rye.
ā„ļø Keep frost cloth where you can find it before the weatherman surprises us again. Harvest tender crops and bring your basil inside.
šŸ‚ Save your leaves for mulch, compost, and leaf mold.
šŸŒ± Don't leave soil bare all winter.
šŸ¦ Leave a few seed heads standing for the birds. That's not lazy, that's a bird buffet, and I'm sticking to that story.

Save this one so you have it all month.

Which box are you tackling first?

Follow Growing Good. We're growing what matters.

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