Monday, February 16, 2009

Planting Calendar

We're really excited for things to get warm enough to begin planting... I made a calendar. It's still approximate, of course:


Sat Feb 28

Buy soil, fertilizer and mulch
Sat Mar 7

Sow lettuce & broccoli indoors

Sat Mar 14

Start preparing garden! -- trellis along fence, strawberry patch


Sow pepper plants indoors
Sat Mar 21

Plant strawberries (once they arrive)


Sow snap peas in garden
Sat Mar 28

Sow tomatoes indoors
Sat Apr 4

Prepare more of garden -- all but pepper, tomatoes and corn plots
Sat Apr 11

Buy potatoes for planting - new, blue, sweet
Sat Apr 18

Plant potatoes in garden
Sat Apr 25

Sow cucumber seed indoors


Sow more peas in garden


Sow seed for beets, onions, carrots in garden


(Sow a few lettuce plants every few weeks)


Set out broccoli and lettuce transplants.


Up-pot tomatoes & peppers


Sow pumpkin and zucchini seed indoors
Tue May 5

Last Frost
Sat May 16

Sow seed in garden for scarlet runner beans.


Sow more lettuce seeds.


Set out tomatoes and cucumber plants.
Sat May 23

Sow corn in garden
Sat May 30

Harvest snap peas
Sat Jun 6

Set out peppers, pumpkin and summer squash
Sat Jun 13

Sow summer lettuce seed
Sat Jun 27

Sow a second crop of scarlet runner beans


Harvest broccoli (continuous harvest)


Harvest beets
Sat Jul 11

Harvest carrots
Sat Jul 18

Sow more summer lettuce
Sat Jul 25

Harvest beans (shell beans)


Harvest early corn
Sat Aug 8

Harvest anchos
Sat Aug 29

Harvest late corn
Sat Sep 5

Harvest beans (dry beans)

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