Monthly Garden Calendar

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Full Year Overview

Jan

Plan your garden layout. Order seeds. Clean and repair tools. Start early indoor sowings (peppers, aubergines).

Feb

Sow tomatoes, peppers, celery indoors. Prepare beds by adding compost. Prune fruit trees. Check stored seeds.

Mar

Direct sow peas, spinach, lettuce, radishes outdoors (if frost-free). Start more indoor seedlings. Prepare soil as it dries.

Apr

Plant potatoes, onion sets, and early brassicas. Harden off indoor seedlings. Watch for late frosts. Sow carrots, beetroot.

May

After last frost: plant out tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, courgettes. Sow beans, corn, squash directly. Mulch beds.

Jun

Main growing season begins. Water regularly. Tie up tomatoes. Succession sow lettuce and radishes. Watch for pests.

Jul

Harvest early crops (peas, lettuce, radishes). Water deeply in hot weather. Feed heavy feeders. Sow autumn crops.

Aug

Continue harvesting. Sow winter lettuce, spinach, pak choi. Collect seeds from flowering herbs. Prune tomato side shoots.

Sep

Harvest main crops (tomatoes, beans, corn). Plant garlic and overwintering onions. Sow green manure on empty beds.

Oct

Clear spent crops. Add compost to beds. Plant garlic. Harvest root vegetables. Protect late crops with fleece.

Nov

Final harvests (leeks, kale, root veg). Mulch perennial herbs. Clean greenhouse. Review the year and plan next.

Dec

Rest period. Browse seed catalogs. Plan next year's layout in PlotMate. Clean and oil tools. Enjoy stored harvests.