Enjoy fresh produce from spring through fall with our raise - seam planting architectural plan and checklists .

Plant for a Spring Harvest

Helen Smythe

Start in early spring to grow your own produce . chink to determine out your region ’s previous season’slast spring hoarfrost date . You may get out part of the garden unplanted so it ’s ready for warm - conditions veggie after .

Early Spring : industrial plant four weeks before the last frost date . Sowseedsfor early give veggie directly into the filth , but for an even former harvest home , we commend you start with a few transplants . When planting seeds , sow them more densely than recommended , then , using scissors , thin the seedlings to the recommended act once they ’re a mates of inches marvellous .

3-season raised garden bed

Credit: Marty Baldwin

A. 8 butterheadlettuce

B. 8 leaf lettuce

C. 16carrot

spring raised-bed garden plan

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D. 6cilantroordill

E. 2broccoli

F. 1cabbage

summer raised-bed garden plan

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G. 2 cauliflower

H. 12 snowpeas(planted in a circle around a marvelous love apple cage or treillage )

I. 4spinach

fall raised-bed garden plan

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J. 2parsley

K. 8 onion

L. 16radish

M. 4 Swiss chard orkale

Spring Checklist

Plant for a Summer Harvest

After the last frost appointment , when the day and the grease are warmer , industrial plant summer - yielding , warm - conditions vegetables such astomatoes , peppers , andgreen bean . herb maturate well now , too .

Late Spring : Plant these veggie in late springiness , two weeks after the last frost date .

Transplant Tips : Some vegetables need space , and indeterminatetomatoesrequire a large batting cage . summertime squash , cucumber vine , and perch beans can all be grow on a 6 - foot trellis at the garden ’s sharpness . Be certain they do n’t fill in other plant .

A. 8 bushgreen beans

B. 8carrots

C. 1 cherrytomato(try ' Husky Cherry Red ' or ' Patio ' )

D. 1cabbage(not yet harvested from early spring )

E. 1 saladtomato(try ' Rutgers ' or ' Better Bush ' )

F. 12 C peas ( not yet harvested from early outflow )

G. 1sweet pepper(try ' Gypsy Hybrid , ' ' California Wonder , ' ' Albino , ' or ' Bell Boy ' )

H. 2 Petroselinum crispum

I. 8 onion

J. 4basil

K. 4 Swiss chard or kale

Summer Checklist

Plant For A Fall Harvest

Once the day become cool , thosecrops that bonk coolheaded weathercan become part of your garden again . Do continue harvesting tomatoes , peppers , and attic .

Late Summer : implant these vegetables in mid to later summer , eight week before the first averagefall icing engagement .

Garden Planning : crepuscle gardens are often overlooked by gardeners who have planted such a largespring gardenthat it becomes difficult to keep up with over the time of year . With a manageable plan like this one , you have time and Department of Energy to uphold planting and extend your harvest through fall .

A. 1 cabbage

B. 12 bush green bean

C. 16 carrot

D. 4 Brassica oleracea italica

E. 2 Brassica oleracea botrytis

F. 1 cherry tomato

G. 1 salad tomato plant

H. 4 spinach

I. 1 gratifying white pepper

J. 2 parsley

K. 2 dill

L. 4 cilantro

M. 4 St. Basil the Great

N. 4 Swiss chard or kale

Fall Checklist