Nicole Johnsey BurkeFounder of Gardenary

Here’s what to plant this month NO MATTER where you live🌿😌#garden #fall #seeds #plants #nature

2 Oct 2025 · 1 min

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Short YouTube gardening clip by Nicole Johnsey Burke (uploaded Oct 2, 2025) giving concise advice on what to plant in October based on whether your area experiences frost before/during October. She tells viewers to determine if they are a "one" (no frost until after October or never) or a "two" (already had frost or frost expected in October) and then choose crops accordingly: "one" should sow fast, frost-tolerant, short-season seeds (examples: spring mixed lettuce, spinach, radish, carrots, beets — aim for harvest in under 60 days); "two" can plant longer-season cool-weather crops that yield more (examples: purple mustard, Swiss chard, Chinese cabbage, sugar snap peas, calendula). The clip ends by noting there is a universal item everyone should plant (teased).

Questions this video answers

Less than 60 days.

Someone who has already had frost or expects frost during October.

Someone who will not have frost until after October or never experiences frost.

Chapters

Don't plant a thing in October until you find out if you're a one or a two. You're a one. If you've already had frost or frost is definitely coming in the month of October, you're a 2. If you're not going to have frost till after October or you're never going to have frost at all. If you're a one, you want to grow frost tolerant plants that you can grow from seed and get a harvest in less than 60 days. Things like spring, mixed lettuce, spinach, radish, carrots and beets. If you're a number two, you can grow things that take a lot longer in the garden but give you tons of harvest things like purple mustard, Swiss chard, Chinese cabbage, sugar snap peas and calendula. And no matter what number you are, everybody should plant this.

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