Gardening demand tasks that can be done routinely at the same time every year . This keep you going and keeps you gardening , no matter the time of year . The postdate monthly guide is loosely free-base on a Zone 6 area , so you may need to adjust the timing to outfit your specificplant hardiness zone .

This is a print desirable calendar with the basics to keep your garden on chore without being an overwhelming list . Post on a icebox or by a menage calendar to ensure monthly . This will aid keep the spring horticulture season stress liberal since the garden has been prepare all twelvemonth .

January Gardening

This is the fourth dimension to begin your garden plan and order seeds . Those with establish gardens should be looking a class onward , so seeds ordered this year will be in the main for the next .   Your garden plan should include rotary motion and filth - construction based on your notes and idea .   Now is also the clock time to plant fruit Tree , bushes , and cane .

February Gardening

This is when dirt readying begins . set about warm the soil by spreading plastic over it , or get your insensate frames ready . Some very early works like garlic can be planted now too .

March Gardening

Continue the grunge preparation and complete other advance such as recompense broken trellises , fences , and walkways . Many who set out seeds indoors will do so this calendar month .

April Gardening

Sow the early varieties and mulch to protect the seedlings as they emerge . Transplant those cold tolerant metal money you ’re growing this twelvemonth .

May Gardening

This is when the first ( and often worst ) of the pest begin to incubate and arrive . Now is the time to start getting them before they become a problem . by and by plantings can also take position this month .

June Gardening

Weeds , other harvest , mulching , composting … this is a busy month !

July Gardening

The peak of the time of year for growing .   Your work is all about alimony and control .   Keep the green goddess at bay , water supply on a regular basis as the heat is set about to get unendurable , and make out your former harvests . Harvested areas that are done bring about can be root for and the soil amended for the next circle of plantings .

August Gardening

Typical harvest season for most veggie , this is the in use time of the year for the gardener . You likely have footling time left for other care bodily function , but your concentrated work for the past two months will now pay off .

September Gardening

This is where the full changeover to a fall garden commences . sporty all debris and plants and add territory amendments as postulate ( compost in spades ) .

October Gardening

Begin preparing the garden for wintertime . Add constitutional affair to the compost bin to over - wintertime , begin masking crops , or mulch those field presently not produce .

November Gardening

Some tardy crop ( potatoes , etc ) may now be pulled wholly from the garden . Catch up on your garden bank note and complete the October work to winterise the garden .

December Gardening

impart more constitutive matter to the beds .   Go through your daybook and make note of hand on the observations and style you see from this season . This will lead off your plans for next season … in January .

Want to learn more about month by month gardening calendars?

Here are some not bad resources for detailed gardening monthly calendar : Monthly Garden Calendarfrom University of Tennessee . This site colligate to a PDF for a 22 page detail printable monthly horticulture calendar , including indoor gardening . Monthly Garden Calendarfrom Oregon State University Extension Service

Month-by-month garden calendar

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