3-1 week(s) before average date of last frost

My Dates:

March 27-April 10 2024

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Notes

Watch for cutworms.

Beets: Thin seedlings directly seeded in the garden.

Carrots: Thin seedlings directly seeded in the garden. Protect plants from leaf miners.

Parsnips: Thin seedlings directly seeded in the garden.

Spinach: Protect plants from leaf miners.

Cabbage: Look out for and control flea beetles on plants.

Broccoli: Look out for and control flea beetles on plants.

Cauliflower: Look out for and control flea beetles on plants.

Radish: Look out for and control flea beetles on plants.

Lettuce: Thin garden seedlings.

Swiss Chard: Thin garden seedlings.

Spinach: Thin garden seedlings.

Tomato: Begin hardening off transplants in a cold frame or greenhouse.

Key Seedlings

(Indoors)

Cabbage: Make a second sowing indoors for transplants to set out later in the season.

Broccoli: Make a second sowing indoors for transplants to set out later in the season.

Squash:Sow seed indoors in individual peat pots.

Melon: Sow seed indoors in individual peat pots.

Cucumber: Sow seed indoors in individual peat pots.

Cilantro: Make another sowing indoors in pots.

Dill: Make another sowing indoors in pots.

Apply fertilizers to indoor seedlings.

Key Direct Sowing 

(Outdoors)

Arugula: Sow seeds in wide blocks in the garden.

Leaf Lettuce: Sow seeds in wide blocks in the garden.

Bush Beans: If the weather looks warm in the next 10 days, make a first sowing in the garden.

Key Harvest

Asparagus: Begin harvesting spears from second year or older plants.

Key Succession

Sow cold hardy crops in the garden if you haven’t gotten around to it yet.

Peas

Cauliflower

Lettuce

Spinach

Swiss Chard

Kale

Root Crops