Wondering when to best plant your garden?
By George Bushell
| 1st Week of March | Start onions from seeds indoors Place sweet potatoes in water to sprout indoors |
| 1st Week of April | Start tomatoes, peppers and eggplant indoors Start early brassicas and romaine lettuce indoors if you have a cold frame |
| Middle of April (or when soil can be worked) | plant peas, radish, lettuce, spinach & a few onion sets for greens outdoors |
| 3rd Week of April | Transplant brassicas and romaine lettuce to cold frame |
| 1st Week of May | Start watermelon and cantaloupe indoors Start one container of slicing cucumbers indoors Plant beets and carrots for early harvest, Swiss chard and storage onions outdoors |
| Middle of May | Start early corn outdoors (if soil reasonably warm) Plant early potatoes |
| Last Week of May | Cut sweet potato vines into 7-8” pieces and place in 2-3” of water to root Start mid-season corn, green beans, cucumbers and squash outdoors Transplant tomatoes and peppers outdoors |
| 1st Week of June | Plant lima beans and okra outdoors Transplant sweet potatoes, watermelons, cantaloupes and slicing cucumber outdoors |
| 2nd Week of june | Plant late corn outdoors Plant winter storage carrots, beets, rutabagas and potatoes outdoors at end of week Start late season brassicas (cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli) outdoors for later transplanting |
| 1st Week of July | Plant Chinese vegetables/cabbage outdoors Transplant late season brassicas |
| Late August | Start fall garden of radish, lettuce and onion sets |
| 1st Week of September | Start spinach and onion sets for spring harvest |
| Late September | Plant garlic bulbs for spring harvest |
