Innovating Organic Gardening

You really can eat from your garden all year. Granted, it does depend on what planting zone you are in.

Depending on your hardiness zone, the following list might need to shift a bit. If you are in the US, you can search on your zip code to find your hardiness zone.

There are many other plants in my garden all year, but here is a quick list of some ideas for four season gardening in zone 7:

Crops for Each Month of the Year

❄️January❄️

1. Cabbage, overwintered from last summer
2. Kale, overwintered from last summer
3. Collards, overwintered from last summer

☃️February🥬

1. Carrots overwintered from last summer
2. Hellebores – planted the previous year, perennial provides bees an early source of food (food crop for bees!)
3. Overwintered leaf crops, cabbage, kale, collards

🥬March🥬

1. Lettuce, direct seed spring varieties
2. Spinach, direct seed to harvest by June
3. Radish, succession plant every two weeks for continuous harvest

🥕April🫛

1. Peas, seed by early April for June harvest
2. Carrots, seed different types to compare what you like
3. Beets, seed different colors for rainbow beet salads

🍅May🍅

1. Tomatoes, transplant seedlings or direct seed
2. Peppers, transplant seedlings or direct seed
3. Cucumbers, transplant seedlings or direct seed

🌽June🌻

1. Corn, direct seed
2. Sunflowers, direct seed
3. Beans, direct seed

🍆July🌶️

1. Lettuce, under the shade of summer plants
2. Parsnips, to be harvested for fall dishes
3. All the plants you planted in May and June

🌿August🌿

1. Cabbage, planted for fall and overwintering
2. Kale, planted for fall and overwintering
3. Collards, planted for fall and overwintering

🥬September🥬

1. Lettuce, direct seed for fall harvest
2. Spinach, direct seed for fall harvest
3. Carrots, direct seed for fall harvest

🧄October 🧄

1. Garlic, plant cloves for harvest next September/October
2. Broccoli, overwintering types
3. Kohlrabi, to enjoy in December

🍂November🍂

1. Turnips, seeded in late summer
2. Rutabagas, seeded in late summer
3. Chard, seeded in late summer

❄️December🥬

1. Overwintered leaf crops, cabbage, kale, collards
2. Overwintered carrots
3. Spinach, overwintered in a hoop house

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