Saturday, January 25, 2020

Spring is coming!! 14 Weeks before the last Frost.

I posted our CSA information late last year and will be reposting next week....and we hope that you will become one of our CSA families....but even if you don't...

I think everyone wants to garden...either a little or a LOT!  One of the things about doing large scale gardening is to PLAN!  And pretty far in advance too.  I thought I would share a weekly post on what I am (and you can be) doing to get ready for the official beginning of gardening season (the last Frost date.)   Here in central Ohio (zone 5b) our average last frost date is April 30.

This week and next are fun weeks in that you should be looking trough all your seed catalogs, websites and dreaming of warmer weather.  Decide the seeds / plants you want to plant and get them ordered.  Or know that your local hardware stores and nurseries will have seeds and plants starting around the April beginning of May.

Below is a chart if you are wanting to grow enough to can for you family for the whole year.  Or maybe you just plant a few pots on your patio.  Either way...DIRT THERAPY is Great!


CropsHarvest Needed (lbs)Row Length (ft)Plants Needed
12246
82718
255
1248144
122418
6050150
604080
60120144
141060
121015
323222
243222
604027
404048
363624
162741
123
888
10012594
322714
122
161610
455
41632
643
444
6816
4927
244842
24227
4816
443
323296
146
121236
123090
122015
100100100
404012
82060
161648
6510
123030
402714
24249
523823
121211
121518
969639
684635
202754
48245


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