I spent a couple hours planning. I used a great tool at Skippy's Vegetable Garden (under her...his planting tools.) You just plug in your date of last expected frost and it generates a plan for you. There are a few vegetables I have that weren't mentioned, but the tool meant I didn't have to do the hand method much (consult seed package and catalog directions and do the calendar calculations myself.)
I was only able to get as far as what needs to be sowed early indoors and what can go into the ground at last frost. I still need to figure out what 'when the soil is workable means.' Plus I will have to figure out when to do second plantings. And I guess I need a soil thermometer to determine when my soil gets to 50, 60 and 65 degrees. But so far my spring schedule looks like this:
February 18: Sow Fish and Anaheim Peppers indoors. And I think I can sow my Regal spinach outside (my only hybrid.)
March 18: Sow Chioggia beets and Bright Lights Chard outside. (And maybe Ching-Chiang pac choi -- is this what they call early spring?)
March 25: Sow Sweet Basil, Perfection Fennel, Tigger melon and Moon and Stars watermelon indoors.
April 1: Can sow Galeaux D'Eysines squash indoors -- but it might not make a difference as it can be hard to transplant.
April 15: My strawberries should be in the ground by now if I want berries. This is also the last expected frost date -- so I should be safe to start outside sowing everything outside and to start transplant plants (I am buying my sweet peppers -- Gourmet and Healthy -- and my tomatoes -- Coure di Bue, Japanese Trifele, Chocolate Cherry, Golden Nuggets, and Yellow Pears as plants.)
I still haven't fixed dates for my Red Samarai carrots, Little Gem lettuce, Buttercrunch lettuce, Super Sugar Snap Peas, Cannellini Lingot beans, or Maxibel beans -- it seems like they could all take some cold but then their packets say things like 'when the soil is 60 degrees.' So I guess I will figure it out in time.
And my edamame seeds didn't arrive. They are on backorder. Backorder? What does that mean for a seed? Later this spring? Next year? I will contact Territorial if I find the time. If I am lucky, the seeds will show up before I make the call.
My list of things to plant is huge! And I don't have any seed starting pots. And I haven't tested my soil. My raised bed isn't on the ground. And I can start planting in three and a half weeks! Will my project lift off?
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