It is finally cooling down but not as cool as I like to see it to plant garlic, but it is getting late in the season. I planted it in the raised bed at The Garden For Ability.

We are starting into the low light part of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. On November 1, Des Moines, Ia will get 10 hours and 22 minutes of daylight. The sun will be 33.7 degrees above the horizon. From Thanksgiving to Valentines day is considered to be the low light season in the United States. This is a time when growth slows down and I focus on mini greens, salads, and mushrooms. Many plants might like extra light, but I tend to focus on what requires minimal fuss for the conditions. What do you grow in these low light conditions? What do you grow? How do you compensate?

Hello. I live in a trailer park in Northern California. Zone 9b. Limited growing space. That's why I am doing container growing. Fruit trees, herbs, berries, vegetables, fragrant flowers and plants, California natives, drought-tolerant plants, orchids. I have an AS in Landscape Horticulture and consider myself "well-versed" with plants. But container-gardening presented a new challenge. I have killed so many plants that I continue to read, research and inquire about what could be ailing my babies. There's always something to learn.

Last weekend's plans got completely disrupted and the garden plan for The Garden For Ability got re-arranged. During a routine gas line check, a leak was found. They had to dig up the gas line to the house and replace it. The Result: The elderberry bush was taken out and an area that I was planning to develop next year was torn up this year. Oh Well. Things happen. So, What I did: I took some of the elderberry suckers and replanted them in a different area. I then cut up the rest of the bush to propagate cuttings. I put a few into my sand Propagation Tray to try to root this fall and winter. The rest I am giving away for other people to root and create their own medicine trees. The mint cuttings that I was planning to put in the main Garden For Ability got planted in the area that was torn up along with some daffodils, snow drops, and creeping thyme plugs that I took out of my rosemary garden. I planted lemon balm cuttings in the container garden that I had reserved for the mint. A space was reserved for annual flowers in the space that was torn up. Later: In a few weeks, when things go dormant, I will mulch the area and set in the containers for the annual flowers. Oh well. Things happen. The work was planned, it just happened out of the planned order, and I still have this years planned work to finish up.

Any gardeners in Waldport Oregon thanks