Each week, we’re asking a couple of experienced Kitsap County gardeners what they are doing in their gardens that week. We won’t give a lot of details – just some ideas to send you off to your bookshelf, library, local garden store or Google for more information. If you’d like to receive these updates in your email each week, sign up here.

In Darren’s garden:

Not a lot to report this week. Spent a day digging, dividing, and replanting dahlia tubers. Biggest job is trying to keep a record so you know what you have (especially since I have about 15 or more varieties).

They sort of all look a like after the first frost.

Also moved some of my spring crop seedlings from the greenhouse and put them on my picnic table in the back yard (shady area). With all the warmer weather coming, thought it would be a good time to get the plants acclimated to being outside. Hope to transplant them officially next weekend.

Did some more weeding and mulching of my flower and vegetable beds with grass clippings and composted straw from the chicken pen. Many of my fruit grafts are starting to take, with the buds starting to show green.

Still harvesting/using purple broccoli, lettuce, spinach, and Jerusalem artichokes from last year, as well as some Stockton red onions from my garage. Also had some beet greens that had wintered over (surprising given the cold weather we had).