October 2023 Planting Guide and Garden Update

It’s hot. Not “Ouch, too hot to walk barefoot on the sand in February” kind of hot. But a different kind of hot.

The soil is heating up. Way earlier than I expected.

Last week, the interns and I turned a hot compost pile. Before putting away the compost thermometer, I checked the temperature of the soil. At this time of the year, it’s normally languishing…