The growing week
This week: mostly cloudy, highs around 68°F and lows around 46°F.
The forecast shows no frost, damaging heat or rain.
In the garden now
Garlic, cover crops and strawberries as the rains return
Bait or hand-pick slugs and snails the moment the rains start. Scatter bait on damp soil late in the day. A copper band 4–6in wide, buried an inch, keeps them out of a raised bed. UC Integrated Pest Management
The rest of the month, and the whole year, is in the garden calendar.
At the farm stands
In October, look for apples, pears, winter squash, pumpkins, grapes, persimmons, pomegranates, and the last tomatoes.
Garden tasks come from the UC Master Gardener Program of Sonoma County and UC Integrated Pest Management, each linked to its source. Growing weather is from the National Weather Service. Your own microclimate, on the valley floor or a hillside, will vary.