ON OUR WEBSITE.

>> WELL, WITH THE FIRST REAL

FROST OF THE SEASON JUST AROUND

THE CORNER IT'S TIME TO PUT OUR

GARDENS TO BED AND THAT, OF

COURSE, INCLUDING OUR WTTW

GARDEN.

HERE NOW AS ALWAYS TO GUIDE US

THROUGH THE PROCESS IS THE

ORGANIC GARDENER JEANNE NOLAN.

OK, LOOKS LIKE WE WILL HAVE

FROST REAL FROST SOONER RATHER

THAN LATER.

GENERALLY SPEAKING WHAT DO YOU

DO IN YOUR GARDEN?

>> WELL, FIRST I HARVEST.

AND I PICK EVERYTHING THAT I

CAN.

AND FIND A WAY TO STORE IT SO IT

WILL LAST.

AND THEN I START PULLING THE

PLANTS OUT AND PUTTING THEM IN

THE COMPOST.

AND THEN I START THINKING ABOUT

NEXT YEAR.

>> SO HOW MUCH PLANNING DO YOU

DO OVER THE WINTER?

>> OH, A TON.

ALONG WITH THE TEAM OF PEOPLE AT

OUR COMPANY.

WE DO A LOT OF PLANNING.

EVERY GARDEN WE DO IS DRAWN OUT

AND THERE IS A PLAN BECAUSE THE

CROPS NEED TO BE MOVED.

THE LOCATION OF WHERE THEY ARE

PLANTED IN THE GARDEN AND IT IS

A LOT OF FUN.

>> JEANNE NOLAN AND I WERE OUT

IN THE WTTW GARDEN TODAY TO

CHECK ON THE COLD FRAME AND

PLANT OUR FINAL CROP OF THE

SEASON.

LET'S TAKE A LOOK.

AS WE ARE LOOKING AT THIS IT

LOOKS LIKE A CLUMP OF WEEDS.

BUT IT ISN'T.

>> IT'S NOT.

IT IS KNOWN AS GREEN MANURE.

OR A COVER CROP.

THIS IS A WAY TO FEED OUR SOIL.

A VERY NATURAL, HEALTHY ORGANIC

WAY TO ADD NUTRIENTS IN THE

SOIL.

WE WERE GROWING THREE CROPS.

WINTER RYE, PEAS AND SOMETHING

CALLED HARRY VICH A LEG GUM THAT

FIXE NITROGEN IN THE SOIL.

>> ARE ANY OF THESE EDIBLE?

>> NOT REALLY.

IN THE SPRING WE WILL CHOP THEM

UP AND MIX THEM INTO THE SOIL

AND THEY WILL DECOMPOSE AND ADD

TO THE SOIL.

>> IT LOOKS A LITTLE WEEDY?

>> THIS IS HOW IT'S SUPPOSED TO

LOOK.

>> IT'S SERVING A PURPOSE.

>> IT IS.

>> WHAT DO WE HAVE UNDER THIS

COVER?

>> THIS IS OUR COLD FRAME OUR

MINI GREENHOUSE.

AND THE PLANTS THAT YOU SEE WERE

TRANSPLANTED FROM OTHER PARTS IN

THE GARDEN INTO HERE.

SO WE PUT OUR HERBS IN HERE.

SOME SPINACH AND CHARRED.

SOME SCALLIONS AND TODAY WE WILL

DO MORE PLANTING IN HERE.

WE ARE PLANTING SPINACH IT IS

THE MOST COLD HARDY.

>> I DO NOT THINK OF

TRANSPLANTING SOMETHING IN EARLY

NOVEMBER.

BUT IT IS OK WHEN YOU --

IN THIS SITUATION IT IS.

AND IT BUYS US A LITTLE TIME.

WE GET TO USE THE PLANTS A

LITTLE BIT LONGER.

>> AND THEY WILL BE PRODUCTIVE

DOWN THE ROAD?

>> THEY WILL.

THEY WILL.

AND IN THE SPRING, AGAIN, WE'LL

USE THIS FOR A FRESH CROP OF

EARLY GREENS.

>> AS I LOOK AT THE COVER IT

LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING THAT

SOMEBODY WHO IS SOMEWHAT HANDY

COULD PUT TOGETHER.

BUT IF THEY DO NOT WANT TO CAN

YOU BUY THESE?

>> YOU CAN BUY THEM.

EASY TO MAKE AND THEY ARE

COMMON.

CALLED A COLD FRAME.

>> A COLD FRAME.

GOT IT.

LET'S MOVE ON BECAUSE YOU ARE

PLANTING OTHER THINGS.

>> SO THE LAST HOORAH, THE FINAL

CROP THAT WE PLANT HERE IN

CHICAGO IS GARLIC.

AND THESE ARE ACTUALLY BULBS OF

GARLIC THAT I GREW AT MY HOME

LAST YEAR PLANTED THEM THIS TIME

AND HARVESTED THEM IN THE

SUMMER.

ORGANIC GARLIC AND NOW WE ARE

BREAKING THEM INTO INDIVIDUAL

CLOVES AND PLANTING THEM.

>> COULD I GO TO THE STORE AND

BUY SOME?

>> IF IT'S CERTIFIED ORGANIC YOU

CAN.

>> IF NOT?

>> THERE IS A CHANCE THAT IT'S

BEEN TREATED WITH SOMETHING TO

KEEP IT FROM SPROUTING.

SO THIS BEGAN AS SEED GARLIC

THAT WE PURCHASED WHICH IS

VETTED CLOVES THAT WE PLANT AND

EVERY SIX INCHES APART AND YOU

PUT THEM IN PRETTY DEEP.

WE ARE GOING TO REALLY PUSH THEM

IN.

PUSH IT IN AS DEEP AS YOU CAN.

AND THREE, FOUR INCHES AND COVER

THEM UP AND RIGHT DOWN THE LINE

AND PUT THEM IN.

>> ALL RIGHT.

BEFORE YOU DO THAT, I WANT TO

ASK YOU SOMETHING ABOUT THE

TOMATO PLANT.

WHAT IS ON THE HORIZON?

AND WHAT ARE THE PROSPECTS FOR

THIS TOMATO PLANT THAT HAS BEEN

WONDERFULLY GIVING.

>> SO GENEROUS.

IT HAS BEEN.

WELL, OUR GARDEN HAS BEEN KISSED

BY A LIGHT FROST AT THIS POINT.

YOU CAN SEE.

AND THIS WEEK WE ARE DEFINITELY

GETTING A HARD FROST IT'S OVER.

SO IT IS TIME TO PULL ANYTHING

EDIBLE OFF OF HERE.

AND WE WILL BE PUTTING THIS

GARDEN TO BED.

>> AND WHEN YOU SAY PUTTING TO

BED WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

>> WE WILL BE REMOVING THE

PLANTS AND PUTTING THEM IN OUR

COMPOST CUTTING THEM UP AND

RECYCLING THEM.

AND RAKING IT SMOOTH AND THE

IRRIGATION HAS BEEN TURNED OFF.

AND IT'S DONE.

>> WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU JUST LAZY

THIS FALL AND YOU LEAVE IT UP?

>> IF YOU LEAVE IT UP.

NOT THE END OF THE WORLD.

THE MICRO ORGANISMS IN THE SOIL

ARE HAPPY AND FEEDING ON THE

ROOTS AND IN THE SPRING YOU WILL

DEAL WITH IT.

>> CLEAN IT UP IN THE SPRING TO

MAKE ROOM?

>> I LIKE TO STORE THE GAUGES

INDOORS BECAUSE THEY RUST.

AND I PREFER THAT THEY BE LAST A

LONGTIME AND LOOK GOOD, I LIKE

TO GET ALL THE SUPPORTS IN.

>> LAST QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH

THE FRUIT AT THE BOTTOM.

DO YOU EVER SCAFF SCAFF SCAVANGE

IT?

>> I DO.

IF NOBODY ELSE HAS EATEN IT THEN

IT'S MINE.

>> HOW WOULD YOU ASSESS THE

GROWING SEASON.

>> GOOD, NOT GREAT.

>> WHY WAS IT NOT GREAT?

>> MOTHER NATURE IS IN CONTROL

AND THE WEATHER THREW CHALLENGES

OUR WAY.

SOME PEOPLE THEIR GARDENS DID

WELL.

BUT IN OTHER GARDENS, IT WAS A

LITTLE DISAPPOINTING AS FAR AS

PRODUCTIVITY OF CERTAIN CROPS.

>> WHAT DID THE BEST?

>> GOOD QUESTION.

OUR EARLY SPRING CROPS WERE

GREAT.

WE DID NOT REALLY SEE TROUBLE

UNTIL EARLY AUGUST HALFWAY

THROUGH AUGUST AND WHERE IS THE

HEAT?

WHERE IS THE SUMMER?

WHERE IS THE WEATHER?

BUT UP UNTIL THEN IT WAS GOOD.

>> AND TRENDS FOR NEXT YEAR?

>> GROW YOUR OWN FOOD MOVEMENT

IS ON A ROLL HERE.