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Missoula is very different from here. Please do not reference the other side of the state, it does little good.

I added my location.

I am unsure how to add my zone avatar, and I know it all depends on my growing zone. I live in South Eastern Montana so there are severe winters, and everything dies. The maps say I am in zone 3b.

I will plant a small mixture of Triticale, Ryegrain, Nemfix Mustard, Bell Beans, Biomaster Peas, Common Vetch, Cayuse Oats, Biomaster Winter Peas; Purple Vetch, Lana Vetch, and Dunsdale Peas. I don't know if any of it will go, but it is worth a shot to help my soil repair a bit.

I live where the snow will fly probably by November. Many people plant alfalfa, which is an option for the future. I am looking to plant a small batch of seeds for growing legumes and maybe some grasses in the next month. If I can get even a bit started, I know I can turn it into Green manure...

Is there a thread on here about cover crops? I did a test of my soil, and it needs some work. If I can get any of them to grow before the negative temperatures come in, from what I read, I will have fairly good soil, depending on what I do.

If things start coming up in the spring, then it worked. :)

You have to be careful with what is labeled "organic" a lot of chemicals are considered "safe"; therefore, grass, foods, etc. can be labeled organic, and in my mind, that is a lie. I am not overly happy with the straw, and I am sure it is not as good as it could be to protect my potential...

I read about both being an option. I tried to get hay but could not coordinate with the rancher, and time got short. This is only a little experiment since I am wondering if it will get too cold for the garlic, onion, and potato transplants to go. We will see. I will take the leftover and layer...

Do you do anything for your alpine strawberry plant to survive snow and cold? I finally got mine to start growing and I should hate for the cold to kill it. I have already surrounded it with straw. Is that a problem where you are at in Ontario?

I think I will collect the tomatoes I can and try to ripen them inside in an open box. I do not have any fruit handy to help them ripen, but I will paperback the most ripe to encourage them to get going. I bet @lesa misses her garden. I love having one and a neighbor that recently moved. She...

My tomatoes generally develop the lines, though I think this is mostly due to the extreme heat. Though we just had a downpour, and three of my tomatoes split wide open and started to peal back, I know that was from the sudden influx of water. I need a better watering system, but everything...

I have harvested about half the tomatoes from the plants. I will look further into it as I do not yet have the spay to hang tomato plants. I remember reading something about picking them and putting them on a plate that goes in and out of the house. Either way, the temperatures are getting too...

My compost bin is an old tank that once held spray foam. It was a pain to clean out, but then my husband and I welded it to a stand with a handle so it could be turned. The door doesn't shut quite right because I was concerned I would cut myself, so it has some tubing from the hardware store...

I keep debating when to shut down my summer garden. I still have a lot of green tomatoes, the peppers are still growing, and I have a handful of zucchini that are the length of my fingers. The days are still in the 70s sometimes, but the nights are dropping into the 50s or below. Is there a...

I add them to the gumbo. I don't think he ever made gumbo from scratch while he lived there. He has and does live a very full life, which has taken him places where gumbo cannot be found.

I bought the luster-leaf kit. I have not used it yet. I have been too busy. It comes with a handy chart, so you can gauge what you need to do with your soil for growing various types of fruit and vegetables, etc...

My husband, who is from so far down south that he should be swimming, showed me how to do it "correctly." You bread them in corn meal, then plop them in boiling oil. You don't do them all at once. You do it slowly, one-at-a-time slowly, so you can turn them one by one and get them fully deep...

I am sorry to say meadow, I know almost exactly where you are, and no, it will not grow where you are. The area does not get warm enough as Okra loves 80+ degree temperatures and dry weather. I recommend spinach, kale, romaine, and carrots as the soil is mostly loose and workable.

yes, I will. The manure I usually add is already aged past a year, and anything new would only be added to "closed" beds in the fall. I don't know if it's a weird thing to keep a bag of cow chips around in my shed for a month on end.o_O