So you haven’t started your garden? Want to know what you can still plant?

Well for the next week or so you can plant pretty much any transplants. Most people are probably planting this weekend.

Seeds are a different story – just look at the days to maturity. Right now where I am I have a potential 79 days of growing left.

The following is a cut and paste from my spreadsheet which basically subtracts the maturity time from the first frost date and outputs the last possible date to plant seeds. As you can see very little is not plantable at this time. With transplants for the longer maturity plants widely available almost everything is still plantable.

 What to plant?

Per squareLast day to
plant from seed
2cpPickling Cucumber4-Jul
2csSlicing cucumber4-Jul
8psPeas9-Jul
1tcCherry Tomatoes19-Jun
1tsslicing tomatoes19-Jun
1trRoma Tomatoes19-Jun
9tTurnips9-Jul
4rRutabagas9-Jun
0.5ssSpaghetti  squash10-May
0.5sbcButtercup squash14-Jun
0.5sbnButternut squash14-Jun
0.5shHubbard squash14-Jun
9bbBush beans9-Jul
9bBeets29-Jun
4cCorn19-Jun
0.5zZuchini29-Jun
9kKohlrobi19-Jul
2klKale4-Jul
4scSwiss Chard2-Aug
4rRomaine9-Jul
4llLeaf Lettuce9-Jul
1caCabbage30-May
1pePeppers30-May
16carCarrots9-Jun
1coCollards19-Jun
0.5pPumpkins30-May
0.5spsugar pumpkins30-May
0.3333gpGiant Pumpkin30-Apr

So go buy some wood, some soil, some cow manure, some peat moss and go planting. Plant a tomatoe plant or some lettuce, whatever you want to try. Whats the worst that can happen?

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