Hey guys, thanks for all your help with my garden this year. I have some end of the season questions for you. Today is our last day of 70 degree (above normal temps) so I think I'm going to put some bulbs in the ground as I usually do. It's going to be around 50 degrees during the day for the next week or so, so I'm anticipating frosty nights right around the corner.

1) I have winter sage that I need to do something with. Do I dry it? If so, how? Or do i pot it and bring it in?

2) My strawberry plant is finally kicking out a couple fruits and has lots of blossoms on it. How can I make the most of this and maybe even have a plant next year?

3) My lettuce earlier in the season sucked but it went to seed and now I have lots of baby lettuce growing (I think). Do I dare eat it?

4) I ended up with two pumpkins off my vine (yay!!!) so is it best to take it out of the ground now or clean that up in the spring? Same with the pepper plants...?

5) Can I pot my jalapeno plant and successfully continue to grow it indoors?

Thanks for your help!:pibo:

I can sort of answer questions 2 & 3

2) While I'm unsure of what to with with the blossoms on the strawberry plant, but to prep it for winter, you want to cover it with straw right around the middle of November. The idea is to protect it from the deep freezes we get in the middle of january and also from any weird thaws that we might get before spring.
This is assuming that the strawberry plant in question is winter hardy.

3.) Yes! Eat the lettuce! While most people think of lettuce as a spring plant, you can do another planting in the fall after it cools off, so it's perfectly safe to eat.

I was just at my awesome little local garden store and the lady that runs it told me my jalapeno probably wouldn't make it indoors, so I got the answer to question # 5.
Thanks MEM for helping me with 2 & 3! You rock!

1. You can cut the sage , tie it in small bundles, and hang it in a dark, dry, well-ventilated place and it should dry fine. If you keep some foliage on the plant, you can try potting it and bringing it inside to keep on a sunny windowsill.

4. If you've harvested the pumpkins already, it's fine to clean up the vine now.

Gracias!