October is the time to plant your garlic. The cloves will root before true cold sets in and overwinter with gusto. Then, at the first sign of warm weather, growth! You will have fresh garlic ready to harvest by spring.
October is the time to plant your garlic. The cloves will root before true cold sets in and overwinter with gusto. Then, at the first sign of warm weather, growth! You will have fresh garlic ready to harvest by spring.
Using a small pumpkin (the real kind or one out of foam) and brooms, the goal is to push the pumpkin (using only the broom ... no kicking) into the goal you've set up. Shirts, cones, or chairs work well to define a makeshift goal. The first team with five goals wins!
Thanksgiving is only a month away. Root vegetables like carrots, poarsnips, and potatoes can be left in the ground until you need them unless your ground freezes in the winter. If so, it's time to harvest them and store them in a cool, dry area. Herbs like fresh thyme, sage, and rosemary can be stored in your fridge or hung to dry for a tasty addition to your next holiday meal.
Don't throw away those silica gel packets that come in shoes or vitamin containers. They are great to drop in damp shoes, the bottom of the laundry basket, or in your memory boxes to keep dampness under control. Other uses: in stored luggage, with your razor blades, or in the glove box of your car. One caution: store them in a sealed container until you get ready to use them to keep them safely away from children and pets.
Cool fall evenings are great for an outdoor scavenger hunt. Create (by yourself or with your kids) fake spider webs, pumpkins, and other fall items such as eyes, arrows, or critters. Place them around the garden. Provide each child a hand-drawn map (a printer works well, too) and a flashlight. The first one to find all the items wins!