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I’m gardening on a small driveway garden in Portland, Oregon, in the maritime climate of the Pacific Northwest.

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11/01/2026

🌱 Introducing The Driveway Garden Planting Calendar!

Wondering what you can plant this week?

We've created a free, mobile-friendly planting calendar for gardeners growing in the mild maritime Zone 8b climate of the Pacific Northwest.

Explore what to plant this week, look ahead to upcoming months, and find planting schedules for vegetables, herbs, flowers, and fruit.

You can explore the current and following week immediately. A free subscription to The Driveway Garden newsletter unlocks the complete calendar.

It's built around real gardening experience in raised beds and containers here in the Portland/Willamette Valley area.

Explore the calendar:

https://calendar.thedrivewaygarden.com

Happy planting! 🌱

10/31/2026

I was potting up strawberries at the bench while Maddy dug in her own bucket out in the sun. She needs a lot of dirt, to grow flowers and worms.

10/30/2026

A pickup bed of gravel and one white bucket. Shovel it in, carry it up the slope, tip it out at the retaining wall, and go back for the next one.

10/30/2026

You do not need a wheelbarrow to move a load of gravel, only a sturdy bucket and the patience to keep walking it back and forth.

10/30/2026

A head of seed garlic is really a bundle of future plants, and each clove you plant comes back as a full head of its own.

10/30/2026

Fall-planted garlic spends its first weeks building roots underground, so a bare pot heading into November is right on schedule.

10/30/2026

Planting my second tray of garlic, I thought this clove was really two. It turned out to be one, and I nicked it checking.

10/30/2026

Every big garden job has a moment where you just stand and stare at the pile, and the only cure is the next shovelful.

10/30/2026

When a garlic clove is hard to read, look for the flat base where the roots grow, because that end goes down and the tip goes up.

10/30/2026

A few decorated buckets lined up on the steps are an easy way to let the garden join in on Halloween.

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