Ending and Beginning

After the Spring/Summer of 2012, everything on this list concerning planting dates is suspect.

• January
  • Clean chimney on a warm day
• February
  • 1st: Put ad in Craigslist offering to grow organic tomato seedlings
• March
• April
  • 1st: Plant most seedlings inside
  • 15th: Plant potatoes outside
  • 20th: Plant collards, kale outside
• May
  • 1st: Plant chard, beets outside
  • 15th: Plant most seeds outside
  • 20th: Plant tomatoes outside. Plan to mulch heavily, stake or suspend to keep them off the ground.
• June
  • 1st: Finish planting!
• July
  • 15th: Plant Fall garden
• August
  • As crops finish up in garden, plant green manures
• September
  • As crops finish up and it becomes too late for green manure crops, dig as much organic matter into the soil as possible.
  • Clean chimney and remove screen.
• October
  • 1st: Seal up cracks in foundation or cement
  • 15th: store some topsoil inside for planting seedlings in the Spring
  • 20th: Seal some windows with tape and/or foam
  • Stack hay bales around active compost pile.
• November
  • 10th: Replace stored gasoline
• December
  • 1st: Plan next year’s garden