Garden Task Calender
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January
Perennials
Winter sow in containers (milk jugs)
Start seeds indoors for summer blooms
Vegetables
Start looking at seed catalogues
Take a inventory of you seeds
Plan the garden
Febuary
Perennials
Plan the garden
Select plants to incorporate
Start seeds for summer blooms
apply horticultural oil to fruit trees while they are dormant
prune fruit trees
Vegetables
Plan the garden
Start cool season seeds
Order seeds
March
Everyone
Side dress with compost and add mulch as needed
Dig new beds and amend soil as needed
Do a soil test
Turn compost
Perennials
Prune roses when they break dormancy
Cut back dead plants that are left from last year leaving stalks for insects
Divide clumps as they start to grow
cut back grasses
Plan the garden
Select plants to incorporate
Prune shrubs that do not bloom before they start to grow
Prune fruit trees
Add vertical structures as needed
Clean up the garden
Vegetables
Direct sow cole crops outdoors- can use a floating row cover to protect them
Start seeds dor warm season crops indoors
Order seeds
chit potatoes
plant potatoes
plant onions
clean dead plants from the beds- you might leave the old roots if they are not large or diseased
plant cool season plants and seeds in succession planting
repair raised beds
add compost or amendments to beds as needed
add vertical structures as needed
feed garlic if it starts to grow
April
Everyone
Get mulch
side dress with compost
Perennials
Prune shrubs that do not bloom before they start to grow
Prune trees after blooming
weed beds
Devide clumps as they start to grow
install supports for peony and other plants before they get too big
purchase new plants
hadren off all plants before planting them
when forsythia bloom apply fertalizer and pre emergent to grass
Vegetables
Start seeds
get beds ready
plant cool season plants
weed beds
start seweet potato slips
feed garlic
hill potatoes
prune raspberry and blackberry bushes
May
Everyone
mulch
go to the many plant sales to refresh plants and fill in spots
attend garden tours for fresh ideas
plant plants in containers for summer
prune trees after blooming
Perennials
purchase new plants
plant new plants
cut back bulbs as the leaves die back
Chelesea Chop- cut back some plants to delay flowers and make the plants bushier
be on the look out for disease and harmful insects- use organic and IPM to deal with them if it gets bad
safe to plant most annuals
Vegetables
plant out warm season crops
plant direct sow seeds
start squash, pumpkin, melons… indoors
harvest cool season crops
water and give shade to cool season crops to extend the season
feed garlic
hill potatoes
June
Everyone
prune trees after blooming
weed
water
feed
Perennials
Prune shrubs that do not bloom before they start to grow
cut back bulbs as the leaves die back
dead head flowers that need it
Vegetables
harvest
support plants with cages…
Plant a second round of some crops like squash and beans
Deadhead basil
plant sweet potatoes in late june
use insect fabric on squash and cucumber
July
Everyone
prune trees after blooming
weed
water
feed
Perennials
Harvest seeds
July 4th, cut back mums to delay flowers
dead head flowers that need it
Vegetables
harvest
supply shade in late afternoon if needed
Plant another round of some crops like squash and beans
cover berry bushes and fruit trees with netting to protect them from birds
plant sweet potatoes- harvest in 100 days
August
Everyone
plant plants in containers for fall
look out for disease and insects
weed
water
feed
Perennials
devide plants that are done blooming
Harvest seeds
dead head flowers that need it
order spring bulbs for fall planting
Vegetables
harvest
supply shade in late afternoon if needed
deadhead herbs
Start seeds for fall crops
plan fall planting of cole crops
direct sow cole crop herbs
order garlic for fall planting
remove dead or diseased plants
September
Perennials
devide plants that are done blooming
Harvest seeds
Start seeds that take 18 months for next year like foxglove
plant roses, bushes and trees
dead head flowers that need it
Vegetables
Start seeds for fall crops
direct sow or plant plants of fall crops
harvest
weed
water
feed
plant a cover crop in bare beds
prune raspberry and blackberry bushes
October
Everyone
gather leaves, chop them up with lawn mower and store for compost in the spring. Leave some on the ground for insects to winter over in
mulch if the ground is bare
Perennials
Harvest seeds
plant bulbs
pot up plants tha tyou want to bring in for the winter
dig up and store any bulbs that will not make it through the winter after the first frost
Vegetables
plant garlic
clean your dirty pots
plant a cover crop in bare beds
harvest cole crops
November
Perennials
Winter sow in contaners (milk jugs)
Protect any sensitive plants against wind and cold
plant bulbs
Vegetables
plant garlic
Clean and sharpen tools
remove dead plants from beds to protect from insects and disease from wintering over
harvest cole crops
plant cold loving herbs like dill, sage, thyme, cilantro, fennel and parsley for spring
December
Perennials
Winter sow in containers (milk jugs)
Vegetables
harvest cole crops