October 2016 Upbeat Times

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BIG FALL GUIDE Garden Attire For Fall & Winter your organic garden.

Santa Rosa, CA. ~ Melting into October with wispy Monet clouds fl oating against soft blue, noticing the changing position of the spin- ning earth, very black night sky and different birds passing through or staying for winter.

Lately I’ve been ‘The Girl about Town’ asking questions and getting ideas for the fall garden. Hold on to your hat because it’s that time of year once again!! But fi rst, I want to thank Rita, a concerned reader, for turning my head around about Bacillus thuringensis since it kills ALL cat- erpillars and as butterfl y lovers and protectors we don’t want to be us- ing that a-n-y-m-o-r-e!

Save the

Monarchs and other gazillions of butterfl ies and pollinators by pay- ing attention what you are using in

by Kimberly Childers • kimberlychilders@att.net Plant white

and purple garlic chives, onions, garlic and fragrant herbs every- where to help with pests, encourage bees and butter- fl ies. You decide! I’ve

been checking out

garden attire for fall and winter. Fun! I’m ordering my socks, tights and un- derthings from a company I just discovered called PACT organics, wearpact. com. Change you can wear.

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no child labor, no toxic pesticides or toxic dyes, just beautiful organically grown and harvested cotton made into soft friendly clothing, work- ers and artisans treated with the compassion and respect they de- serve. Pact is part of a movement transforming the way apparel is made. There is nothing like ‘polit-

gardening clothes, gloves and hey, there is always the Salvation Army and second hand shops to create your own unique garden wear! Chatting with my good friend and yoga teacher, Gayatri Shelton- Ostadi, she’s moving toward more sustainable practices in her garden. Gayatri laughed and told me it’s ‘lasagna making time’ in her gar- den! She’s layering and trying to keep her ‘soil abundant with good microbes’ by shredding all her paper ‘laying it on dormant beds, then sheet cardboard, then chop and drop plant material’.

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using her magnolia leaves, coffee grounds and layering it all on each bed and around more permanent perennials. Gayatri is also ‘har-

ically correct’, fair trade gardening clothes, right?!

There are many great sites on line with delicious

vesting/drying her sunfl owers for chicken feed in the winter.’ She’s using herbs and fl owers in waters, oils and making ‘herbal sprinkles’. She tells me it’s a good time of year to harvest rose petals and dry them for a sexy sprinkle over a hot drink. She’s dry- ing her raspberry leaves for a tasty tea and a wom- en’s tonic drink as well. Taylor Black, of Ben-

nett Valley Gardens (569- 8624),

reminds me it’s

time to plant starts of leafy greens, lettuce, all brassicas, kale, garlic and

root crops. Summer annuals can be chopped, composted and re- placed with stunning fall fl owers like Rudbeckias, chrysanthemums, Echinacea, frilly violas and bulbs of all sorts but Black adds ‘wait for the weather to cool down before planting your bulbs.’

Black recommends a thorough fall clean up, cutting back irriga- tion a bit to slow plant growth and preparing for the looming frost, amending soil and getting ready for rains. He also suggests keep- ing your garden tools clean, fi lling a big bucket with coarse sand and linseed oil to immerse them in oc- casionally which prevents rust and then you have a covered bucket ... continued on page 26

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T e rustling of the leaves is like a low hymn to nature.

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