January – Zone 6b

Early Yellow Globe Onion
Chives
Snapdragons
Golden Celery
Catnip

February

Early Yellow Globe Onion
Spring onions
Chives
Parsley
Mint
Kale
Little Gem Romaine Lettuce

March Mid-to-end

Brassicas
Leafy Greens
Cilantro
Plant outside if soil has dried out
Peas
Onions & leek seedlings toward end of March
Beets, turnips, radishes, parsnips
Leafy greens
Potatoes with a cold frame

April

Tomatoes
Peppers
Outdoors by seed – same as March
Outdoors by transplant
Onions
Greens
Brassicas
Berry plants

May

Start squashes and melons indoors 2-3 weeks before last frost in peat pots.
Outdoors
Carrots, and everything above before last frost date
Outdoors after last frost date
Corn
Tomatoes – Country Taste, TripLCrop, Great White, Black Cherry, Gold Nugget Cherry, Amish Paste
Peppers – Chocolate Beauty, Mini Belle, Sweet Rainbow
Melons – Sugar baby watermelon, Marketmore cucumber, Beit Alpha cucumber
Cucumber
Squashes – Straightneck, spaghetti, Winter Keeper
Pumpkins – Batwing, Blue Prince, Casper, Atlantic Giant, Jack-o-lantern, ornamental gourds
Herbs
Onions
Summer crisp lettuces
Carrots and other root crops
Spinach
Kale
Dill
Sunflowers – Strawberry Blonde, Jade Hybrid, Pro Cut, Evening Sun

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